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so much

so much determiner: a particular amount of (something), often a large or excessive amount.

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.
    1. (usually) 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.

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.
  2. With the complement indicated with 'of'.
    • Stop spending so much of my money!
    • 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.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

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) 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.

so much meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

so much in Hindi

to a certain degree or extent
इतना itnā

so much in Tamil

so much, thus far
அனைத்து aṉaittu

so much in Urdu

to a certain degree or extent
اتنا itnā

so much in Bengali

so much, this much
এত eto
so much, that much
অত oto
More languagesFewer languages
so much in Telugu
అంత anta
so much in Kannada
ಇಟು, ಇಟ, ಇಸ, ಇನಿತು
so much in Gujarati
એટલું eṭlũ, તેટલું teṭlũ
so much in Sanskrit
इयत् íyat, तावत् tā́vat
so much in Assamese
সিমান ximan, ইমান iman
so much in Pashto
دومره domra

Examples of so much in a sentence

  • I've got so much work to do, but so little time.
  • Look at all that snow! I've never seen so much!

Words formed from so much

Questions about so much

What does so much mean?
So much means a particular amount of (something), often a large or excessive amount.
What is so much in Hindi?
So much in Hindi is इतना (itnā). See So much meaning in Hindi.
How do you use so much in a sentence?
I've got so much work to do, but so little time.
What part of speech is so much?
So much can be a determiner, a pronoun or an adverb.

Words near so much in the dictionary

  1. so long as
  2. so long, and thanks for all the fish
  3. so many
  4. so mickle
  5. so mote it be
  6. so much
  7. so much as
  8. so much for
  9. so much so
  10. so much the better
  11. so much the worse

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: so much (page history and authors); அனைத்து (Tamil) (page history and authors); অত (Bengali) (page history and authors); అంత (Telugu) (page history and authors); so much (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); એટલું (Gujarati) (page history and authors); इयत् (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); ইমান (Assamese) (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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