used with “more,” “less,” and other comparatives for showing that when an amount, activity, feeling, or quality increases or is reduced, it causes something else to increase or be reduced at the same time
The more people who help, the better.
The sooner we finish, the happier I’ll be.
Synonyms and related words
Ways of comparing things
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Other entries for this word
thedeterminer
the Y
the AA
the ECnoun
the EPnoun
the EU
the FA
the FO
the FT
the NT
the OUnoun
the RN
the SS
the TA
the UK
the UN
the US
the WI
the AAA
the ABA
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used with ‘more’, ‘less’, and other comparatives for showing that when an amount, activity, feeling, or quality increases or is reduced, it causes something else to increase or be reduced at the same time