"more or less" meaning in English

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Phrase

IPA: /mɔr ɔr lɛs/ [US] Audio: en-us-more-or-less.ogg [US] Forms: more or less
Head templates: {{expression}} [POS TABLE]
  1. You use more or less when approximating a value; such as the number of people in a room.
    Sense id: simple-more_or_less-en-phrase-eIJCTxkt
     
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are hundred people in the room, more or less."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use more or less when approximating a value; such as the number of people in a room."
      ],
      "id": "simple-more_or_less-en-phrase-eIJCTxkt"
    }
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      "ipa": "/mɔr ɔr lɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "US"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "more or less"
}

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      "form": "more or less",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Expression"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "There are hundred people in the room, more or less."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "You use more or less when approximating a value; such as the number of people in a room."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɔr ɔr lɛs/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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