much
Part of speech: det
adv
pron
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s
Proto-Indo-European *-lósder.
Proto-Germanic *-ilaz
Proto-Germanic *mikilaz
Proto-West Germanic *mikil
Old English miċel
Middle English muchel
Middle English muche
English much
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”). See also mickle, muckle.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).
Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.
Inflected forms:
form: more
pos: det
tags: comparative
form: most
pos: det
tags: superlative
form: more
pos: adv
tags: comparative
form: most
pos: adv
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A large amount of.
pos: det
examples: Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?
After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.
Did you do much running last summer?
As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.
Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.
gloss: Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
pos: det
examples: Add this much water and no more.
Take as much time as you like.
gloss: A great number of; many (people).
pos: det
tags: archaic
nonstandard
examples: ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye
When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.
There wasn't much people about that day.
gloss: many ( + plural countable noun).
pos: det
tags: Caribbean
UK
regional
examples: They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.
gloss: To a great extent.
pos: adv
examples: I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.
However much I eat, I never get fat.
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.
That boyfriend of yours is much {like - the same as} the others.
My English was much the worst, and I'm certainly not much good at math either, of that I'm very much aware.
Both candidates, who are much of an age, say much the same thing, but the youngest shows much the commoner behavior of the two.
They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
I can’t lie (I miss you much). Watching every day that goes by (I miss you much).
Tangling with Ziv, Cameron caught him with a flailing elbow, causing the Israeli defender to go down a little easily. However, the referee was in no doubt, much to the displeasure of the home fans.
From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much. Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.
gloss: To a great extent.
pos: adv
examples: He is much fatter than I remember him.
Honestly, I can't stand much more of this.
gloss: Often; frequently.
pos: adv
examples: Does he get drunk much?
gloss: Used to indicate or compare extent.
pos: adv
examples: I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.
gloss: Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
pos: adv
tags: slang
examples: Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?
The moment you've been waiting for—the lowdown on the Overstock hottie. I talked to her by phone last week. (Jealous much, gentlemen? Ad Report Card talks to all the fine ladies.)
Well, on the grounds of this, what if I told you the brand's latest launch goes against the latter and instead, is the first product in an opaque lip crème line? Screaming, crying, throwing up, much?
gloss: Almost.
pos: adv
tags: obsolete
gloss: A large amount or great extent.
pos: pron
examples: From those to whom much has been given much is expected.
We lay awake for much of the night.
Much of literature is concerned with stylistics.
She was in second place for much of the race.
Synonyms: a great deal of
a lot of
a great deal
a lot
greatly
highly
loads
plenty
very much
Antonyms: little
less
few
almost
nearly
Related words: how much
too much
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: shumë
lang: Arabic
word: كَثِيرًا
roman: kaṯīran
lang: Armenian
word: շատ
roman: šat
lang: Bulgarian
word: много
roman: mnogo
lang: Bulgarian
word: доста
roman: dosta
lang: Bulgarian
word: бая
roman: baja
lang: Catalan
word: molt
lang: Chamicuro
word: ma'sho
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 許多 /许多
roman: xǔduō
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 多
roman: duō
lang: Czech
word: moc
lang: Czech
word: mnohem
lang: Dutch
word: veel
lang: Finnish
word: paljon
lang: French
word: beaucoup
lang: Old French
word: molt
lang: Old French
word: mult
lang: Old French
word: mout
lang: Gallo
word: brav'ment
lang: German
word: viel
lang: Greek
word: πολύ
roman: polý
lang: Hungarian
word: nagyon
lang: Ingrian
word: paljo
lang: Ingrian
word: äijä
lang: Italian
word: molto
lang: Japanese
word: 沢山の
roman: takusan no
lang: Japanese
word: 多い
roman: ōi
lang: Korean
word: 많은
roman: maneun
lang: Latin
word: multum
lang: Latvian
word: daudz
lang: Macedonian
word: многу
roman: mnogu
lang: Maltese
word: qatigħ
lang: Old Occitan
word: molt
lang: Polish
word: bardzo
lang: Portuguese
word: muito
lang: Romanian
word: mult
lang: Russian
word: о́чень
roman: óčenʹ
lang: Russian
word: намно́го
roman: namnógo
lang: Russian
word: гора́здо
roman: gorázdo
lang: Sanskrit
word: बहु
roman: bahu
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: пуно
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: мно̏го
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: puno
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: mnȍgo
lang: Spanish
word: mucho
lang: Swedish
word: mycket
lang: Tày
word: lai
lang: Thai
word: มาก
roman: mâak
lang: Tumbuka
word: comene
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: چوك
roman: çok
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: كلیاً
roman: külliyyen
lang: Ukrainian
word: набага́то
roman: nabaháto
lang: Ukrainian
word: бага́то
roman: baháto
lang: Volapük
word: mödo
lang: Zazaki
word: qatran
lang: Hungarian
word: sokkal
lang: Hungarian
word: jóval
lang: Icelandic
word: miklu
lang: Irish
word: go mór