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Soheil1 Posted 5 years ago
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More or less

Hi

What does more or less mean in:

THE HISTORY of development is seen in conventional analyses in terms of the evolution of theories and ideas, or as the succession of more or less effective interventions.

more effective/less effective
or
more or less effective


?Thanks in advance

  

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, approximately or somewhat. So here it's "not greatly effective but fairly effective". w=more%20or%20less&ls=a CJ

— CalifJim

  • , approximately or somewhat.
  • So here it's "not greatly effective but fairly effective".
  • w=more%20or%20less&ls=a CJ
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soheil1What does more or less mean

In that passage it means about the same as it means anywhere else, i.e., approximately or somewhat. So here it's "not greatly effective but fairly effective".

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CJ

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