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great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake. Show More
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. Show More
to a great extent or degree; greatly; far: to talk too much; much heavier. nearly, approximately, or about: This is much like the others. Show More
make much of , to treat, represent, or consider as of great importance: to make much of trivial matters. to treat with great consideration; show fondness for; flatter. much as , almost the same as: We need exercise, much as we need nourishment. however much: Much as she wanted to stay at the party, she had to leave. not so much , Informal not(def 3) .Show More
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
Can be confused much very (see usage note at very )Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for muches enough ,
regularly ,
considerably ,
often ,
indeed ,
exceptionally ,
highly ,
very ,
frequently ,
extremely ,
plenty ,
great ,
full ,
scads ,
heaps ,
loads ,
breadth ,
plethora ,
superabundance ,
fullness Examples from the Web for muches Historical Examples of muches British Dictionary definitions for muches (usually used with a negative) a great quantity or degree of there isn't much honey left (as pronoun ) much has been learned from this a bit much informal rather excessive as much exactly that I suspected as much when I heard make much of See make of (def. 4) not much of not to any appreciable degree or extent he's not much of an actor really not up to much informal of a low standard this beer is not up to much think much of (used with a negative) to have a high opinion of I don't think much of his behaviour Show More
considerably they're much better now practically; nearly (esp in the phrase much the same ) (usually used with a negative) often; a great deal it doesn't happen much in this country much as or as much as even though; although much as I'd like to, I can't come Show More
(predicative; usually used with a negative) impressive or important this car isn't much Show More
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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Word Origin and History for muches adj. c.1200, worn down by loss of unaccented last syllable from Middle English muchel "large, much," from Old English micel "great in amount or extent," from Proto-Germanic *mekilaz , from PIE *meg- "great" (see mickle ). As a noun and an adverb, from c.1200. For vowel evolution, see bury .
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Idioms and Phrases with muches 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 Show More
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