"more and more" meaning in All languages combined

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Adverb [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|adverb}} more and more
  1. (degree) Progressively more. Translations (progressively more): ավելի ու ավելի (aveli u aveli) (Armenian), cada vegada més (Catalan), cada cop més (Catalan), més i més (Catalan), 越來越 (Chinese Mandarin), 越来越 (yuèláiyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), meer en meer (Dutch), yhä enemmän (Finnish), de plus en plus (French), immer [with-comparative] (German), egyre ... -bb/-abb/-ebb/-obb (Hungarian), cata vice plus (Interlingua), de plus in plus (Interlingua), plus e plus (Interlingua), viepiù (Italian), sempre più (Italian), ますます (masumasu) (Japanese), 更に (sara ni) (alt: さらに) (Japanese), magis magisque (Latin), повеќе и повеќе (poveḱe i poveḱe) (Macedonian), сѐ повеќе (sè poveḱe) (Macedonian), сѐ повеќе и повеќе (sè poveḱe i poveḱe) (Macedonian), coraz więcej (Polish), coraz (Polish), cada vez mais (Portuguese), din ce în ce mai (Romanian), tot mai (Romanian), бо́льше и бо́льше (bólʹše i bólʹše) (Russian), всё бо́льше (vsjo bólʹše) (Russian), cada vez más (Spanish), allt [with-comparative] (Swedish), mer och mer (Swedish), ai plu (Volapük)
    Sense id: en-more_and_more-en-adv-KwSguMPh Disambiguation of 'progressively more': 80 6 14
  2. (manner) In a manner that progressively increases. Translations (in a manner that progressively increases): 越來越 (Chinese Mandarin), 越来越 (yuèláiyuè) (Chinese Mandarin), yhä enemmän (Finnish), immer mehr (German), egyre jobban (Hungarian), viepiù (Italian), coraz bardziej (Polish), coraz (alt: +the comparitive) (Polish), cada vez mais (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-more_and_more-en-adv-SCzuM6Ha Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English determiners: 0 54 32 14 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 56 31 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 2 54 31 13 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 0 52 34 14 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 52 31 14 Topics: manner Disambiguation of 'in a manner that progressively increases': 2 90 7
  3. (modal) Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true. Tags: modal Translations (indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true): 越來越多地 (Chinese Mandarin), 越来越多地 (yuèláiyuè duō de) (Chinese Mandarin), yhä enemmän (Finnish), yhä useammin (Finnish), mehr und mehr (German), im zunehmenden Maße (German), egyre inkább (Hungarian), coraz więcej (Polish), cada vez mais (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-more_and_more-en-adv-Hwk98aaf Disambiguation of 'indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true': 9 9 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: less and less, further and further, farther and farther

Determiner [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|determiner|head=}} more and more, {{en-det}} more and more
  1. Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of. Coordinate_terms: fewer and fewer Translations (increasingly more): 越來越多地 (Chinese Mandarin), 越来越多地 (yuèláiyuè duō de) (Chinese Mandarin), yhä enemmän (Finnish), yhä useampi (Finnish), immer mehr (German), zunehmend mehr (German), coraz więcej (Polish)
    Sense id: en-more_and_more-en-det-HvitU7F~

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          "text": "More and more, children are among the first to take up new technologies."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1864 September, “The Cadmean Madness”, in The Atlantic Monthly, volume 14",
          "text": "More and more it is not the soul and Nature, but the eye and print, whose resultant is thought.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(modal) Indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "modal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "aveli u aveli",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "ավելի ու ավելի"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "cada vegada més"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "cada cop més"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "més i més"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "越來越"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuèláiyuè",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "越来越"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "meer en meer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "yhä enemmän"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "de plus en plus"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "tags": [
        "with-comparative"
      ],
      "word": "immer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "egyre ... -bb/-abb/-ebb/-obb"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "cata vice plus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "de plus in plus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "plus e plus"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "viepiù"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "sempre più"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "masumasu",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "ますます"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さらに",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sara ni",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "更に"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "magis magisque"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "poveḱe i poveḱe",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "повеќе и повеќе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sè poveḱe",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "сѐ повеќе"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sè poveḱe i poveḱe",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "сѐ повеќе и повеќе"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "coraz więcej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "coraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "cada vez mais"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "din ce în ce mai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "tot mai"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bólʹše i bólʹše",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "бо́льше и бо́льше"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vsjo bólʹše",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "всё бо́льше"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "cada vez más"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "tags": [
        "with-comparative"
      ],
      "word": "allt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "mer och mer"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "progressively more",
      "word": "ai plu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "越來越"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuèláiyuè",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "越来越"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "yhä enemmän"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "immer mehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "egyre jobban"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "viepiù"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "coraz bardziej"
    },
    {
      "alt": "+the comparitive",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "coraz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
      "word": "cada vez mais"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "越來越多地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuèláiyuè duō de",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "越来越多地"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "yhä enemmän"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "yhä useammin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "mehr und mehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "im zunehmenden Maße"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "egyre inkább"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "coraz więcej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
      "word": "cada vez mais"
    }
  ],
  "word": "more and more"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English adverbs",
    "English degree adverbs",
    "English determiners",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English manner adverbs",
    "English modal adverbs",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English reduplicated coordinated pairs",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Requests for review of French translations"
  ],
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "word": "fewer and fewer"
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "determiner",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "more and more",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "more and more",
      "name": "en-det"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are more and more people who keep pets these days.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2023 January 11, Philip Haigh, “Comment: The worst chaos for 40 years”, in RAIL, number 974, page 4",
          "text": "It's unarguable that ticket offices are less relevant than they once were. More and more passengers buy tickets online.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "越來越多地"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuèláiyuè duō de",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "越来越多地"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "yhä enemmän"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "yhä useampi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "immer mehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "zunehmend mehr"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "increasingly more",
      "word": "coraz więcej"
    }
  ],
  "word": "more and more"
}

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