so much

English

Noun

so much (uncountable)

1. A particular amount, often a large or excessive amount.

   How could you eat so much?

   There is only so much you can remember.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 13, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     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.

2. A demonstrated amount.

   "So much", he replied, sprinkling a small pile of the powder on the table.

Adverb

so much (not comparable)

1. To a certain degree or extent

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

Translations

to a certain degree or extent

• Aromanian: ahãntu
• Catalan: tant
• Esperanto: tiamaniere
• French: tellement (fr)
• Hindi: इतना (hi) (itnā)
• Ido: tante (io)
• Interlingue:
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• Italian: così tanto, a tal punto
• Latin: tantum (la), tantopere
• Pashto: دومره (ps) (domra)
• Portuguese: tão (pt)
• Romanian: foarte mult, atât (ro)
• Russian: насто́лько (ru) (nastólʹko), вот сто́лько (vot stólʹko)
• Spanish: tanto (es) m
• Urdu: اتنا (ur) (itnā)

Adjective

so much (not comparable)

1. To such a quantity, degree etc.

   There has been so much snow, I can't open the door.

Translations

to such a quantity or degree

• Aromanian: ahãntu
• Catalan: tant
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 這麼多／这么多, 这么多 (zhème duō)

• Dalmatian: tuant
• French: tant (fr), tellement (fr)
• German: soviel (de)
• Ido: tanta (io)
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• Italian: tanto (it), tot m
• Japanese: そんなに (sonna ni), それほど (sore hodo)
• Pashto: دومره (ps) (domra)
• Portuguese: tanto (pt) m
• Romanian: atât (ro)
• Russian: сто́лько (ru) (stólʹko)
• Spanish: tanto (es) m
• Zhuang: geijlai

See also

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

Anagrams

• hocums, smouch