Sentence:  The suggested course of the A.I.D. was based on the usual course offered and on the opinion of <WSD>many</WSD> educators as to curricular necessities . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number