much
/mʌt͡ʃ/
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Northern England/mʊt͡ʃ/
much determiner: a large amount of.
Determiner
much (comparative more, superlative most)
- A large amount of.
- 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.
- Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
- Add this much water and no more.
- Take as much time as you like.
- A great number of; many (people).
- 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 saye1485, Sir Thomas Malory, chapter X, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX
- When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew
- many ( + plural countable noun).
- They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.1977, Bob Marley, “So Much Things to Say”
Adjective
much (not comparable)
- Large, great.
- Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore / and he with a swerd strake at syr launcelot myȝtely and he...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “iiij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX
- Long in duration.
Adverb
much (comparative more, superlative most)
- To a great extent.
- 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.
- for emphasis or to indicate a great difference
- He is much fatter than I remember him.
- Honestly, I can't stand much more of this.
- Often; frequently.
- Does he get drunk much?
- Used to indicate or compare extent.
- I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.
- Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
- 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.)2005 December 28, Seth Stevenson, “What’s With That Overstock.com Ad?”, in Slate, New York, N.Y.: The Slate Group, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2024
- Almost.
Pronoun
much
- A large amount or great extent; a lot.
- I don't have much to do.
- From those to whom much has been given much is expected.
Proper noun capitalized: Much
Much (plural Muches)
- A surname from German.
much meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
much in Hindi
- a large amount of
- अधिक adhik, बहुत bahut
much in Tamil
- a large amount of
- நிறைய niṟaiya
much in Urdu
- a large amount of
- بہت bahut
much in Bengali
- a large amount of
- অনেক onek, বহু bohu
More languagesFewer languages
- much in Sanskrit
- बहु bahu, अधिकम् adhikam
- much in Sinhala
- බොහෝ bohō
- much in Pashto
- ډېر ḍer
- much in Arabic
- كَثِير kaṯīr, كَثِيرًا kaṯīran
- much in Malay
- banyak
- much in Indonesian
- banyak
- much in Persian
- بسیار besiyâr
- much in Thai
- มาก mâak, หลาย lǎai
- much in Vietnamese
- nhiều
- much in Myanmar
- များ mya:
Examples of much in a sentence
- Did you do much running last summer?
- He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.
- That boyfriend of yours is much like 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.
- a much warmer room for much nicer people
Synonyms of much
Antonyms
Forms of much
| Determiner | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more |
| superlative | most |
| Adverb | |
| comparative | more |
| superlative | most |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Muches |
Origin of 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.
Two main origins: * Borrowed from German Much. * A variant of Mutch.
Words formed from much
- a bit much
- as much
- as much again
- as much as
- as much as possible
- as much sinning as sinned against
- as much use as a chocolate fireguard
- as much use as a chocolate teapot
- enough is too much
- forasmuch
- fuck you very much
- how much does it cost
- how much do I owe you
- how much do you charge
- how much is it
- in as much as
- insomuch
- leave much to be desired
- make much
- methinks the lady doth protest too much
- methinks thou dost protest too much
- much ado about nothing
- much appreciated
- much as
- Much Birch
- Much Dewchurch
- much good may it do someone
- much grass
- Much Hadham
- Much Hoole
- much less
- muchly
- Much Marcle
- much-needed
- muchness
- much obliged
- much of a muchness
- much to be said
- much too
- Much Wenlock
- much what
- muchwhat
- much-what
- not give much for someone's chances
- not much chop
- not much cop
- not much of anything
- not much to look at
- not saying much
- not so much
- overmuch
- pretty much
- protest too much
- so much
- so much as
- so much for
- so much so
- so much the better
- so much the worse
- so much the worse for
Phrases with much
- to much
- not much
- made much
- this much
- very much
- in so much
- makes much
- making much
- much needed
- so much win
- think much of
- think too much
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- thinks much of
- much scribbling
- thought much of
- thinking much of
- protests too much
- protested too much
- much will have more
- protesting too much
- spank you very much
- thank you very much
- too much information
- thank ye so very much
- left much to be desired
- much adoe about nothing
- too much of a good thing
- leaves much to be desired
- leaving much to be desired
- tall trees catch much wind
- the lady doth protest too much
- too much bed makes a dull head
- too much pudding will choke a dog
- too much water drowned the miller
- the world is too much with someone
- without so much as a by your leave
- without so much as a by-your-leave
- if you're not Dutch, you're not much
- no matter how much milk you put in tea, it's still tea
- no matter how much milk you put in coffee, it's still coffee
Questions about much
- What does much mean?
- Much means a large amount of.
- What is much in Hindi?
- Much in Hindi is अधिक (adhik), बहुत (bahut). See Much meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use much in a sentence?
- Did you do much running last summer?
- What part of speech is much?
- Much can be a determiner, an adjective, an adverb or a pronoun.
- How do you pronounce much?
- Much is pronounced /mʌt͡ʃ/ (UK).
Words near much in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: much (page history and authors); Much (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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