much
[ muhch ]
/ mʌtʃ /
adjective, more, most.
great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
noun
a great quantity, measure, or degree: Much of his research was unreliable.
a great, important, or notable thing or matter: The house is not much to look at.
adverb, more, most.
to a great extent or degree; greatly; far: to talk too much; much heavier.
nearly, approximately, or about: This is much like the others.
Words nearby much
Idioms for much
Origin of much
1150–1200; Middle English muche, moche, apocopated variant of muchel, mochel, Old English mycel; replacing Middle English miche(l), Old English micel great, much (cf. mickle), cognate with Old Norse mikill, Gothic mikils, Greek mégal-, suppletive stem of mégas great
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Examples from the Web for muches
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British Dictionary definitions for muches
much
/ (mʌtʃ) /
determiner
adverb
adjective
(predicative; usually used with a negative) impressive or importantthis car isn't much
Word Origin for much
Old English mycel; related to Old English micel great, Old Saxon mikil, Gothic mikils; compare also Latin magnus, Greek megas
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Idioms and Phrases with muches
much
In addition to the idioms beginning with much
- much ado about nothing
- much as
- much less
- much sought after
also see:
- as much
- as much as
- make much of
- not miss a trick (much)
- not think much of
- pretty much
- so much
- so much for
- so much the better
- (much) sought after
- take it (just so much)
- take on (too much)
- too much of a good thing
- without so much as
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