much

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adverb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Antonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Determiner 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Antonyms 1.4.4 Derived terms 1.4.5 Translations 1.5 Pronoun 2 Polish 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Middle English muche, moche, apocopated variants of muchel, mochel, from Old English mycel (“‘large, great in amount or extent’”); akin to Middle English miche(l), Old English micel (“‘great, much’”) (cf. mickle ), c. ON mikill, Goth mikils

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mʌʧ/, SAMPA: /mVtS/
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• Rhymes: -ʌtʃ

[edit] Adverb

much (comparative more, superlative most)

1. To a great extent.

   I don't like fish much.

   He is much fatter than I remember him.

2. Often; frequently.

   Does he get drunk much?

[edit] Synonyms

• (to a great extent): (informal) a great deal, (informal) a lot, greatly, highly, (informal) loads, plenty (slang, especially US), very much

[edit] Antonyms

• (to a great extent): less, little, few

[edit] Translations

[edit] Determiner

much (comparative more, superlative most)

1. A large amount of.

   I don't have much money.

[edit] Usage notes

• Much is used with uncountable nouns. The equivalent used with countable nouns is many.
• Unlike many determiners, much is frequently modified by intensifying adverbs, as in “too much”, “very much”, “so much”, “not much”, and so on. (The same is true of many.)

[edit] Synonyms

• (informal) a great deal of, (informal) a lot of

[edit] Antonyms

• little

[edit] Derived terms

• how much

[edit] Translations

[edit] Pronoun

much

1. A large amount or great extent.

   From those to whom much has been given much is expected.

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /mux/

[edit] Noun

much

1. Genitive plural of mucha.