more and more
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Meaning · English
Increasing in amount or degree
Literally: a greater quantity with each addition
Register: neutral
Examples
Nowadays more and more people prefer country life to city life.Ngày nay, ngày càng có nhiều người trở nên thích cuộc sống ở nông thôn hơn là cuộc sống ở thành phố.
Nowadays more and more people prefer country life to city life.Ngày nay, ngày càng có nhiều người trở nên thích cuộc sống ở nông thôn hơn là cuộc sống ở thành phố.
Tatoeba sentence #242478 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Everyday learner phrase (CEFR B1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.
Common questions
What does “more and more” mean?
Increasing in amount or degree Literally: a greater quantity with each addition
Is “more and more” formal or informal?
more and more is generally neutral.