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no more

adverb

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English no more, nomore, from Old English nā māre, nāmāre.

  1. Not any more; no further.

    “There's no more wine.”

  2. Dead, no longer in existence.

    “She held him until he was no more.”

    “The USSR is no more.”

adv

Etymology: From Middle English no more, nomore, from Old English nā māre, nāmāre.

  1. No longer; not any more.

    “I will pay no more today.”

    “He will bother you no more.”

  2. Equally not; not either.

    “- I can't swim. - No more can I.”

    “You could no more climb that fence than fly!”

intj

Etymology: From Middle English no more, nomore, from Old English nā māre, nāmāre.

  1. Stop it! Don't continue!

    “The police officer started with another round of questions. “Please, no more. I can't do this anymore.” Janette lay her head down on the kitchen table and cried.”

noun

Etymology: From Middle English no more, nomore, from Old English nā māre, nāmāre.

  1. Something that is from a certain point onwards forbidden, or non-existent.

    “So even becoming a doctor created a no more for him — no more guitar playing!”

    “We didn't like to find the areas where we did not see eye-to-eye because they generated their own list of no mores and made us uncomfortable with each other.”