so much

English

Pronunciation

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Determiner

so much

1. A particular amount of (something), often a large or excessive amount.

   How could you eat so much ice-cream?

   There is only so much information you can remember.

   I've got so much work to do, but so little time.

   1. (usually with negatives) Making a comparison with another situation; as much.

      There isn't so much sand on this beach as there used to be.

   2. An amount of (something) sufficient to bring about a given consequence.

      There is so much snow, I can't get out of the door.

2. A demonstrated amount of (something).

   "Just so much flour," he replied, sprinkling a small pile on the table.

Translations

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Translations to be checked

• Armenian: այսքան (hy) (ayskʻan)
• Aromanian: ahãntu
• Assamese: ইমান (iman), অত (oto)
• Catalan: tant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 這麼多 / 这么多 (zhème duō)

• Dalmatian: tuant
• Esperanto: tiom (eo)
• French: tant (fr), tellement (fr)
• Galician: tanto (gl)
• German: soviel (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: τόσος (tósos)

• Ido: tanta (io)
• Italian: tanto (it), tot (it)
• Japanese: そんなに (sonna ni), それほど (ja) (sore hodo)
• Latin: tantus (la)
• Maltese: tant
• Pashto: دومره (ps) (domra)
• Polish: tyle (pl), aż (pl)
• Portuguese: tanto (pt)
• Romanian: atât (ro)
• Russian: сто́лько (ru) (stólʹko)
• Spanish: tanto (es)
• Tamil: அவ்வளவு (ta) (avvaḷavu)
• Walloon: tant di
• Zhuang: geijlai

Pronoun

so much

1. As determiner, above, but with the complement omitted and stated elsewhere or understood from context.

   How could you eat so much?

   There used to be a lot of sand on this beach, but now there isn't so much.

   Look at all that snow! I've never seen so much!

2. With the complement indicated with 'of'.

   Stop spending so much of my money!

   • 1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

Usage notes

"so much of ~" is used when the complement involves a determiner (including article). For example, we say "so much of my money", not "so much my money".

Adverb

so much (not comparable)

1. To a great degree or extent; very much.

   I love you so much.

2. To such a degree or extent.

   Will you please stop complaining so much!

   It wasn't so much that I don’t want to, but I just didn't have the time.

   1. (usually with negatives) Making a comparison with another situation; as much.

      I used to like her a lot, but now I don't like her so much.

   2. To a (usually large) extent sufficient to bring about a given consequence.

      Identical twins are so much alike, it is difficult to identify them.

3. To a demonstrated or implied degree or extent; this much, that much.

   Don't over-whisk the mixture – only whisk it so much.

Translations

to a certain degree or extent

• Aromanian: ahãntu
• Catalan: tant (ca)
• Esperanto: tiamaniere
• French: tellement (fr)
• Galician: tanto (gl)
• Greek: τόσο (el) (tóso)
• Hindi: इतना (hi) (itnā)
• Ido: tante (io)
• Italian: così tanto, a tal punto
• Latin: tantum (la), tantopere
• Pashto: دومره (ps) (domra)
• Polish: tak (pl)
• Portuguese: tão (pt)
• Romanian: foarte mult, atât (ro)
• Russian: насто́лько (ru) (nastólʹko), вот сто́лько (vot stólʹko)
• Spanish: tanto (es)
• Urdu: اتنا (ur) (itnā)
• Walloon: télmint (wa)

Derived terms

• like so much
• only so much
• so much as
• so much for
• so much so
• so much the better

See also

• so many

References

• “so much”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• hocums, smouch