Moreover
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /mɔːˈɹəʊ.və/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Moreover is an adverb meaning (conjunctive) In addition to what has been said.
Meaning
(conjunctive) In addition to what has been said.
Example Sentences
For three years there had been pestilence, and in the last of the three a famine; moreover, there was imminence of war.
A curious thing about the ontological problem is its simplicity. It can be put in three Anglo-Saxon monosyllables: ‘What is there?’ It can be answered, moreover, in a word—‘Everything’—and everyone will accept this answer as true.
The characteristics ‘terrestrial’ and ‘two-footed’ are predicated of the species ‘man’, but not present in it. For they are not in man. Moreover, the definition of the differentia may be predicated of that of which the differentia itself is predicated.
Word Forms
- moreo'er
Synonyms for moreover
Depending on context, synonyms include furthermore, further, again, additionally, also, withal.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include furthermore, additionally, besides, also, then, beside.
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