"what is more" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-what is more.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} what is more (not comparable)
  1. (idiomatic) furthermore, or in addition, moreover. Tags: idiomatic, not-comparable Synonyms: furthermore, moreover, in addition, what's more Related terms: what is worse Translations (furthermore): عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwa ʕalā ḏālika) (Arabic), a més a més (Catalan), 更何況 (Chinese Cantonese), 更何况 (gang³ ho⁴ fong³) (Chinese Cantonese), 並且 (Chinese Mandarin), 并且 (bìngqiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 而且 (érqiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 還有 (Chinese Mandarin), 还有 (háiyǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 況且 (Chinese Mandarin), 况且 (kuàngqiě) (Chinese Mandarin), kaiken lisäksi (Finnish), lisäksi (Finnish), de plus (French), en plus en outre (French), de surcroît (French), par surcroît (French), par ailleurs (French), d’un autre côté (French), d’autre part (French), au reste (French), du reste (French), qui plus est (French), außerdem (German), überdies (German), darüber hinaus (German), meira að segja (Icelandic), その上に (sono ue ni) (alt: そのうえに) (Japanese), さらに (sara ni) (Japanese), ya baştir (Northern Kurdish), co więcej (Polish), w dodatku (Polish), nadto (Polish), ponadto (Polish), aliás (Portuguese), к тому́ же (k tomú že) (Russian), кро́ме того́ (króme tovó) (Russian), бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó) (Russian), es más (Spanish)

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      "sense": "furthermore",
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      "code": "fr",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "d’autre part"
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    {
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      "sense": "furthermore",
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    {
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      "sense": "furthermore",
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      "sense": "furthermore",
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