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Dictionary: much   (mŭch) pronunciation
adj., more (môr, mōr), most (mōst).
Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection.

n.
  1. A large quantity or amount: Much has been written.
  2. Something great or remarkable: The campus wasn't much to look at.
adv., more, most.
  1. To a great degree or extent: much smarter.
  2. Just about; almost: much the same.
  3. Frequently; often: doesn't get out much.
idiom:

as much

  1. Almost the same: I thought as much. She said as much.

[Middle English muche, short for muchel, from Old English mycel.]


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noun

    A great deal: abundance, mass, mountain, plenty, profusion, wealth, world. Informal barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck2, pile. Regional power, sight. See big/small/amount.

adverb

    To a considerable extent: considerably, far, quite, well2. Idioms: by a longshotway, by a wide margin, by far. See big/small/amount.

Antonyms: much
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adj

Definition: plenty
Antonyms: little

adv

Definition: greatly, a lot
Antonyms: little

n

Definition: a great deal
Antonyms: little


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Great in quantity, amount, or extent.

pronunciation It is much easier to be critical than to be correct. — Benjamin Disraeli, (1804-1881), British statesman, prime minister and writer.

Wikipedia: Much
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Much can refer to:

  • Much, an English adverb, expression of quantity. However, Much is used with uncountable nouns. The equivalent used with countable nouns is many.
  • MuchMusic, a cable network in Canada, and its domestic and international spin-offs.
  • Much, Germany, a municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
  • Much (album), an album by Christian band Ten Shekel Shirt.
  • Much the Miller's Son, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men from the earliest tales.

Translations: Much
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Dansk (Danish)
det. - meget
pron. - en stor del, meget
adv. - meget, omtrent, i høj grad
adj. - meget, langt, absolut
n. - meget

idioms:

  • as much as    selv om, hvor meget ....end
  • make much of    gøre meget ud af
  • much less    meget mindre
  • not much of a    ikke meget, ikke noget særligt
  • not up to much    ikke meget værd, ikke noget særligt
  • nothing much    ikke noget særligt
  • so much so    så meget som

Nederlands (Dutch)
veel, ongeveer

Français (French)
det. - beaucoup de, combien, peu (dans une phrase négative)
pron. - beaucoup, grand-chose (dans les phrases négatives), tant, trop, combien
adv. - beaucoup, autant, souvent, plus ou moins, à peu près, tout à fait, moins, plus...que/moins ...que (dans les contrastes)
adj. - très, tant
n. - beaucoup, grand-chose

idioms:

  • as much    autant
  • as much as    autant que
  • just so much    juste autant/tellement
  • make much of    faire grand cas de
  • much as    bien que
  • much less    encore moins, beaucoup moins
  • not much in it    ça se vaut
  • not much of a    pas de taille à être, pas capable d'être un
  • not up to much    (GB) pas grand-chose, pas fameux
  • nothing much    pas beaucoup
  • so much as    sans même, (le) moindre
  • so much so that    à tel point

Deutsch (German)
adj. - viel
n. - etwas Großes
adv. - sehr
det. - viel
pron. - viel

idioms:

  • as much    soviel, eben so sehr
  • as much as    so viel wie
  • just so much    nur
  • make much of    betonen
  • much as    sosehr ... auch
  • much less    bestimmt nicht
  • not much in it    fast ähnlich, nicht so anders
  • not much of a    kein großer
  • not up to much    nicht viel taugend
  • nothing much    nichts Besonderes
  • so much as    so viel wie
  • so much so that    so viel dass

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πολύς, μπόλικος
n. - πολύ, μεγάλη ποσότητα
adv. - λίαν, (πάρα) πολύ, μπόλικα, πολύ συχνά

idioms:

  • as much as    όσο, όσο κι αν, παρόλο που
  • make much of    αποδίδω μεγάλη σημασία σε
  • much less    πολύ λιγότερο
  • not much of a    τίποτα σπουδαίο σαν
  • not up to much    όχι και τίποτα σπουδαίο
  • nothing much    τίποτα σημαντικό
  • so much so    σε τέτοιο βαθμό που..

Italiano (Italian)
molto

idioms:

  • as much as    tanto quanto
  • make much of    dare importanza a
  • much less    molto meno
  • not much of a    non un granché di
  • nothing much    nulla di importante
  • so much so    tanto (che)

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - muito
n. - muito (m)
adv. - muito

idioms:

  • as much as    tanto quanto
  • make much of    considerar importante, animar, lisonjear
  • much less    muito menos
  • not much of a    não ser grande coisa
  • not up to much    nada além
  • nothing much    nada mais
  • so much so    tanto mais melhor

Русский (Russian)
много, многое, очень, примерно, гораздо

idioms:

  • as much as    (столько) сколько
  • make much of    высоко ценить
  • much less    намного меньше
  • not much of a    не очень-то
  • not up to much    не слишком хорошо
  • nothing much    ничего особенного
  • so much so    до такой степени, что

Español (Spanish)
det. - mucho
pron. - muy
adv. - mucho, muy, con mucho, en gran manera
adj. - mucho, abundante, copioso, mucha
n. - mucho, gran cantidad, cosa extraordinaria

idioms:

  • as much    tanto
  • as much as    tanto como
  • just so much    solamente
  • make much of    dar mucha importancia a, sacar mucho provecho de, tratar muy bien a
  • much as    tanto como
  • much less    menos aún, tanto menos
  • not much in it    poca diferencia
  • not much of a    de poca cuantía
  • not up to much    no vale gran cosa
  • nothing much    nada en especial
  • so much as    tanto, siquiera
  • so much so that    tanto que, hasta el punto de

Svenska (Swedish)
adj., - n.
adv. - mycket, absolut, ungefär

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
许多的, 大量的, 许多, 大量, 了不起的事物, 重要的事物, 多, 几乎, 甚, 重要的事

idioms:

  • as much as    差不多
  • make much of    重视
  • much less    更少, 不及
  • not much of a    不是什么了不起的, 没有什么了不起的
  • not up to much    不怎么令人满意, 不十分符合标准
  • nothing much    不高
  • so much so    如此以至于..., 到这样的程度以至...

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
det. - 許多的, 大量的
pron. - 許多, 大量, 了不起的事物, 重要的事物
adv. - 多, 幾乎, 甚
adj. - 許多的, 大量的
n. - 多, 重要的事, 許多

idioms:

  • as much as    差不多
  • make much of    重視
  • much less    更少, 不及
  • not much of a    不是什麼了不起的, 沒有什麼了不起的
  • not up to much    不怎麼令人滿意, 不十分符合標準
  • nothing much    不高
  • so much so    如此以至於..., 到這樣的程度以至...

한국어 (Korean)
det. - 많은, 매우, 대단히
pron. - 많음, 중요한 것[일]
adv. - 매우, 훨씬, 몹시, 대체로
adj. - 많은, 대단한, 중요한
n. - 많음, 중요한 것[일]

idioms:

  • as much as    ~만큼~한
  • make much of    ~을 중시하다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 多量の
adv. - 大いに, たいてい, ほとんど, よく, 非常に, ずっと, はるかに
n. - たいしたもの

idioms:

  • as much as    同じ量, …もの多量, 同じ程度に
  • make much of    重んじる, ちやほやする, 理解する
  • much ado about nothing    から騒ぎ
  • much less    いわんや…でない, もっと少なく
  • much more    まして, もっと多く
  • much obliged    まことに恐縮です
  • much to lose    失うものは大きい
  • not much cop    たいしたことではない
  • not much of a    たいした~ではない
  • not up to much    芳しくない
  • so much    それだけいっそう, 幾ら
  • so much for    …はそれだけ, …とはそんなもの
  • so much so    同じ位そうである
  • so much the better    ますます結構
  • this much    これだけは
  • would/should be much obliged    とても感謝している

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كثير (الاسم) كميه كبيرة (ظرف) بكثرة, إلى حد بعيد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
det. - ‮הרבה‬
pron. - ‮הרבה‬
adv. - ‮במידה רבה, מאוד, בהרבה, הרבה יותר‬
adj. - ‮הרבה, רב‬
n. - ‮כמות גדולה, דבר מרשים‬


 
 
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