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Meaning much meaning

What does much mean?

Definitions in simple English

much Determiner

— Much is a lot of; a large amount of; a high degree I don't have much money. I don't like the cider very much. I know how much he loves everybody in the house. You're not much better than he is. She was much more fun after a few drinks. This is almost as much fun as last week. We bought another one, but the cost was much greater. I don't think it matters much what you study. Thank you very much! Much attention has been given to the question of where the money should go. He's very much the Englishman.

much

— adjective (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent not much rain much affection much grain is in storage — adverb to a great degree or extent she's much better now — noun a great amount or extent they did much for humanity — adverb very he was much annoyed — adverb (= a lot, lots, a great deal, 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 — adverb (= 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 — adverb frequently or in great quantities I don't drink much I don't travel much

Synonyms much synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as much?

much English » English

many a lot very plenty abundant greatly great a lot of numerous very much plentiful large great deal a great deal considerably more lot excessive lots lots of big well extremely ample abundantly quite excessively copious too most largely in large quantities high far enough thoroughly substantial several profuse more than many things highly full exceedingly abundance widely too much strongly significantly quite a lot

Topics much topics

What do people use much to talk about?

States Quantity More

Less

What words describe something that is less than another thing in number or amount?

less fewer not as much not so much not as many not so many lower to a lesser degree to a lesser extent be in the minority fewer and fewer less and less not more than at the most
What words indicate that there is much less of something?

much less far less far fewer way below
What words indicate that something happens less or is done less?

not as much not so much

States Quantity Plural

Many, much

What words indicate that there is a large amount of something?

a lot of lots of a great deal of a good deal of a fair bit of a fair amount of much loads of tons of masses of scads of piles of heaps of stacks of a mountain of extensive widespread big amount lots and lots

States Quantity Number Cardinal numbers

Two

What words indicate that something is two times the amount of something else?

twice double twice as much (as) two times as much (as) two times what double what

States Quantity Number

Multiples

What words indicate that something is two or three times the amount of something else?

twice as much (as) two times as much (as) two times what double what

Grammar Part of speech Pronouns

Indefinite pronouns

What pronouns express indefinite reference of an amount?

amount how much however many however much plenty

Person Sense, perceive See Appearance

What words indicate that there are many more of something?

many more much more far more far beyond way beyond a lot more

States Quantity All

Almost

What words indicate that something has almost reached a particular state?

almost nearly very nearly just about practically virtually all but as good as to all intents and purposes nearing approaching near to close to verging on bordering on more or less pretty much not quite

States Quantity All Exact

Approximate

What words indicate an approximate number when the actual number is possibly less?

at most as much as short of

States Quantity Enough

Extra

What words refer to having too much?

too much too many excessive

States Quality Type, kind Compare

Like, similar

What words describe two things that are similar?

like similar alike much the same comparable parallel

Grammar Very

Degree

What words refer to a marked extent?

up to as much as to the degree that

Grammar Connected with, related Discourse markers

Markers of emphasis

What words indicate that a phrase or sentence is important?

then indeed surely so certainly in fact actually how you know really sure just you know don't you that how much more emphatically absolutely without question no way of course obviously you've got to be kidding it is just that the only thing is one thing that in reality only that as it were just as you can see as you know without a doubt don't you remember I am convinced that

Examples much examples

How do I use much in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Thank you very much!

The seven questions that an engineer has to ask himself are: who, what, when, where, why, how and how much.

I didn't know he drank so much.

You must study much harder.

You must not depend so much on others.

You need not have hurried so much.

If you had not eaten so much, you would not be so sleepy now.

I don't drink much beer.

If you eat so much, you'll get sick.

You shouldn't smoke so much.

The girl resembles her mother very much.

How much were the glasses?

If you look at the lyrics, they don't really mean much.

If you look at the song's lyrics, they really don't mean much.

I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.

I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves clearly.

It's not much of a surprise, is it?

I am not much of a traveller.

It would take me too much time to explain to you why it's not going to work.

Their communication may be much more complex than we thought.

Thank you very much.

Poor is not the one who has too little, but the one who wants too much.

I like it very much.

I have so much work that I will stay for one more hour.

When I ask people what they regret most about high school, they nearly all say the same thing: that they wasted so much time.

There was always too much superfluous writing in his essays.

Movie subtitles

Do you like me that much?

You know how much I worked to get that shirt?

Nowadays we don't have much customers and we're about to starve to death.

This is too much!

Did you like me that much?

Even if you like me that much. All the way from Australia. Why would you come all this way?

It doesn't seem like we talked to each other that much.

We don't have much food, but do you want to eat at my house?

I heard that I was dying but I didn't find out how much time I have left.

If you concentrate on Zero too much, they will pull the rug out from under you!

There is no such thing as exercising too much discretion.

Britannia is much too large and powerful of an opponent to fight with just one Geass.

There's only so much we can do here in Area 11.

Some scholars speculate they reached as far as northern australia, the Cape of Good Hope and greenland, and all this was years before the European Age of exploration had so much as begun.

Um. Thank you very much.

The Kapteyn model was much like a thick disc.

In the direction perpendicular to the disc the size was much smaller, of the order of 7,000 light years.

New observations indicated that the Universe must be much bigger than what Kapteyn had proposed.

But there is so much hydrogen in the Universe that adding all those tiny chances, a detectable amount of radiation should be produced.

Yet, after a year and a halt he had not made much progress and then he did something wrong and the entire receiver caught fire.

Welcome to this beautiful country where much remains to be done.

Welcome to Algeria, where much remains to be done.

There's way too much.

We don't have much water.

Kids can get pretty much anything they want in the yard, as long as they can afford it.

Yeah, man, you feel so much mellower.

Nick wouldn't like it very much.

Oh, he's in so much trouble, man.

How much did you eat?

Haven't seen so much as a camel.

I want you to tell the girls that I love them both very much.

How much time do we have? They'll be gone an hour.

They want to try to keep the relationship going as much as they can, but they know that it's going to be tricky because Allison's situation with her family. The Argents hunt werewolves.

Derek knows much more than Scott how bad things can get.

She's got so much complexity to her, you know?

Carolina sort of-- she couldn't say much, but she said that she was-- they were fighting-- her and Johnny were fighting.

I was like blacked out, like I drank too much.

I've told the cleaner to help me wipe off the coffee stain. He takes so much pride in his work and I can't deal a blow to his enthusiasm. Looks like as you age, your memory will worsen, isn't that right?

News and current affairs

Today, the mood is much grimmer, with references to 1929 and 1931 beginning to abound, even if some governments continue to behave as if the crisis was more classical than exceptional.

NEW YORK - On May 8, 1945, when World War II in Europe officially ended, much of the world lay in ruins.

No doubt, millions of people at the end of the war were too hungry and exhausted to do anything much beyond staying alive.

Today, 70 years later, much of the 1945 consensus no longer survives.

But the 1945 consensus was dealt a much greater blow precisely when we all rejoiced at the collapse of the Soviet Empire, the other great twentieth-century tyranny.

But much else collapsed with the Soviet model.

Too much has changed.

Such restrictions on freedom did not meet with much public opposition when they were adopted.

Given that America benefits mightily from China's purchases of US government securities, it is difficult to understand why the US government and Congress have been complaining so much about the bilateral current-account deficit.

Perhaps Eban was too urbane, too much of a scholar and gentleman to be able to make it - in Disraeli's phrase - to the top of the greasy pole.

A deal was struck between President Putin and the EU that makes access much easier without compromising the status of Lithuania and Poland within the EU-regime.

Moreover, the alternatives to nuclear energy - and to fossil fuels - are well known and technically much more advanced and sustainable.

But a much more profound re-think is needed.

But, globally, our innovation system needs much bigger changes.

Admittedly, getting to a much higher price for gold is not quite the leap of imagination that it seems.

First of all, as a kid, I just assumed that I would go to the moon, without having to do much in particular to make it happen.

That leaves only about one-third of total federal spending from which to cut, and much of that goes to the defense budget, which Republicans will attempt to protect in the future.

In the case of Ireland, the situation was initially not much different.

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