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much to be said

much to be said phrase: used to assert the defensibility or advisability of what follows.

Phrase

much to be said

  1. Used to assert the defensibility or advisability of what follows.
    • There is much to be said for a policy of caution.
    • The British empire had much to be said for it, but it is over – dead, deceased, struck off, no more.2013 August 14, Simon Jenkins, The Guardian

Examples of much to be said in a sentence

  • There is much to be said in favor of such a story.1999, Gillian Brock, “The new nationalisms”, in Monist, volume 82, number 3, page 367:
  • There is much to be said in favour of both religions, for each seems suited to its own people, and no doubt it was so intended.1827, [James Fenimore Cooper], The Prairie; a Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), Philadelphia, Pa.: Carey, Lea & Carey...

Forms of much to be said

alternative forma lot to be said
alternative formsomething to be said

Questions about much to be said

What does much to be said mean?
Much to be said means used to assert the defensibility or advisability of what follows.
How do you use much to be said in a sentence?
There is much to be said in favor of such a story.
What part of speech is much to be said?
Much to be said is a phrase.

Words near much to be said in the dictionary

  1. Much Marcle
  2. much needed
  3. much obliged
  4. much of a muchness
  5. much scribbling
  6. much to be said
  7. much too
  8. Much Wenlock
  9. much what
  10. much will have more
  11. much-needed

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