man·y (mĕn'ē)
adj., more (môr, mōr), most (mōst).

1. Being one of a large indefinite number; numerous: many a child; many another day.
2. Amounting to or consisting of a large indefinite number: many friends.

n. (used with a pl. verb)

1. A large indefinite number: A good many of the workers had the flu.
2. The majority of the people; the masses: "The many fail, the one succeeds" (Tennyson).

pron. (used with a pl. verb)
A large number of persons or things: "For many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14).

idiom:

as many

1. The same number of: moved three times in as many years.

[Middle English, from Old English manig.]

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