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"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"
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"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",
"roman": "yuèláiyuè",
"sense": "in a manner that progressively increases",
"word": "越來越 /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"
},
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"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",
"roman": "yuèláiyuè duō de",
"sense": "indicates that the statement is becoming progressively more true",
"word": "越來越多地 /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"
}
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"word": "fewer and fewer"
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{
"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": "quote"
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"Increasingly more; a growing number of; a growing quantity of."
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yuèláiyuè duō de",
"sense": "increasingly more",
"word": "越來越多地 /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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