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1. (adj.) much
great in quantity, measure, or degree:
too much cake.
2. (pron.) much
a great quantity, measure, or degree:
There wasn't much to do.
3. much
a great, important, or notable thing or matter:
not much to look at.
4. (adv.) much
to a great extent or degree:
to talk too much.
5. much
nearly, approximately, or about:
much like the others.
6. much
much as,
7. much
almost to the same degree as:
Babies need love, much as they need food.
8. much
however much:
Much as I'd like to go, I can't.
Etymology: (1150–1200; ME muche, apocopated var. of muchel, OE mycel; c. OS
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| Definition of 'much' |
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1. (adj) much
a great amount or extent
"they did much for humanity"
2. (adverb) much(a)
(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
"not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"
3. (adverb) much
to a great degree or extent
"she's much better now"
4. (adverb) much
very
"he was much annoyed"
5. (adverb) a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much
to a very great degree or extent
"I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal"
6. (adverb) much, practically
(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
"much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"
7. (adverb) much, a great deal, often
frequently or in great quantities
"I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much"
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1. (determiner) much
used to ask about quantity
How much money do you have?; Is there much bread left?
2. much
a large amount
I don't have much time.; There was so much noise we could hardly hear each other.; I think she gets too much homework.
3. much
not much of a
not a very good
I'm not much of a dancer.
4. (pronoun) much
a large amount
"Do you have any food?" "Yes, but not very much."; We argued for much of the journey; Eat as much as you want.
5. (adverb) much
to a great degree
I don't like broccoli much.; We'd very much appreciate any help you can give us.
6. much
used with comparative adjectives to mean a lot
I'm much better at French than he is.; It's much colder up north.
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| Definition of 'much' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) much
to a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly
2. (noun) much
a great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I
3. (noun) much
a thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable
4. much
great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time
5. much
many in number
6. much
high in rank or position
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Sense: a (great) amount or quantity of
This job won't take much effort; I found it without much difficulty; How much sugar is there left?; There's far too much salt in my soup; He ate so much ice-cream that he was sick; Take as much money as you need; After much discussion they decided to go.
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 Afrikaans: baie, veel |
 Arabic: كثير |
 Bulgarian: в голямо количество |
 Brazilian: muito |
 Czech: mnoho |
 German: viel |
 Danish: megen; meget; mange |
 Greek: πολύς |
 Spanish: mucho |
 Estonian: palju |
 Farsi: زیاد |
 Finnish: paljon |
 French: beaucoup (de) |
 Hebrew: כָּמה שֶׁצָרִיך |
 Hindi: बहुत |
 Croatian: mnogo |
 Hungarian: sok |
 Indonesian: banyak |
 Icelandic: mikill, mikið |
 Italian: molto, tanto |
 Japanese: たくさんの |
 Korean: 많은, 다량의 |
 Lithuanian: daug, daugelis, didelis |
 Latvian: daudz |
 Malay: banyak |
 Dutch: vee;l |
 Norwegian: mye |
 Polish: dużo |
 Persian: زیاد |
 Pashto: ډیر |
 Portuguese: muito |
 Romanian: mult; mare |
 Russian: много |
 Slovak: veľa |
 Slovenian: mnogo |
 Serbian: mnogo |
 Swedish: mycket, mycken |
 Thai: มากกว่า |
 Turkish: çok |
 Taiwanese: 很多的 |
 Ukrainian: багато |
 Urdu: جو بہت مقدار یا تعداد میں |
 Vietnamese: nhiều |
 Chinese: 大量的 |
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