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much

UK/mʌt͡ʃ/ US/mʊt͡ʃ/ very common slang uk
adjective (1) adverb (5) noun (1)

adjective

1.

(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent

  • “not much rain”
  • “much affection”
  • “much grain is in storage”
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adverb

1.

to a great degree or extent

  • “she”
2.

very

  • “he was much annoyed”
3.

to a very great degree or extent

  • “we enjoyed ourselves very much”
  • “she was very much interested”
  • “this would help a great deal”
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4.

(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”
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5.

frequently or in great quantities

  • “I don”
  • “;”
  • “t travel much”
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noun

1.

a great amount or extent

  • “they did much for humanity”

Origin

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”).

Phrases

  • how much
  • too much

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