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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
man·y       [men-ee] Pronunciation Key adjective, more, most, noun, pronoun
–adjective
1.constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people.
2.noting each one of a large number (usually fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained.
–noun
3.a large or considerable number of persons or things: A good many of the beggars were blind.
4.the many, the greater part of humankind.
–pronoun
5.many persons or things: Many of the beggars were blind. Many were unable to attend.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME mani, meni, OE manig, menig; akin to OS, OHG manag, menig, Dan mange, Goth manags]

—Synonyms 1. multifarious, multitudinous, myriad; divers, sundry, various. Many, innumerable, manifold, numerous imply the presence or succession of a large number of units. Many is a popular and common word for this idea: many times. Numerous, a more formal word, refers to a great number or to very many units: letters too numerous to mention. Innumerable denotes a number that is beyond count or, more loosely, that is extremely difficult to count: the innumerable stars in the sky. Manifold implies not only that the number is large but also that there is variety or complexity.
—Antonyms 1. few, single.
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man·y       (měn'ē)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   more (môr, mōr), most (mōst)
  1. Being one of a large indefinite number; numerous: many a child; many another day.
  2. Amounting to or consisting of a large indefinite number: many friends.

n.   (used with a pl. verb)
  1. A large indefinite number: A good many of the workers had the flu.
  2. The majority of the people; the masses: "The many fail, the one succeeds" (Tennyson).

pron.   (used with a pl. verb)
A large number of persons or things: "For many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14).


[Middle English, from Old English manig; see menegh- in Indo-European roots.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
many 
O.E. monig, manig, from P.Gmc. *managaz (cf. O.S. manag, Swed. mången, O.Fris. manich, Du. menig, Ger. manch, Goth. manags), from PIE *monogho- (cf. O.C.S. munogu "much, many," O.Ir. menicc, Welsh mynych "frequent"). Pronunciation altered by influence of any (see manifold)

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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many

adjective
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number; "many temptations"; "the temptations are many"; "a good many"; "a great many"; "many directions"; "take as many apples as you like"; "too many clouds to see"; "never saw so many people" [ant: few] 

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American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms - Cite This Source - Share This

many

In addition to the idioms beginning with many, also see as many; good (great) many; in so many words; irons in the fire, too many; so many; too many cooks spoil the broth.


The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Many Farms, AZ (CDP, FIPS 44200) Location: 36.35027 N, 109.61846 W
Population (1990): 1294 (563 housing units)
Area: 21.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 86538

Many, LA (town, FIPS 48470) Location: 31.56536 N, 93.47486 W
Population (1990): 3112 (1339 housing units)
Area: 6.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 71449

U.S. Gazetteer, U.S. Census Bureau
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Many

Ma"ny\, n. [See Meine, Mansion.] A retinue of servants; a household. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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Ma"ny\, a. or pron.

Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE. mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.] Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.

Thou shalt be a father of many nations. --Gen. xvii. 4.

Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. --1 Cor. i. 26.

Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived, and the like. Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. "As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets." --Exod. xxxv. 22. "So many laws argue so many sins." --Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an.

Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. "For thy sake have I shed many a tear." --Shak. "Full many a gem of purest ray serene." --Gray.

Many one, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.

The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See Many, n.

Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us. --L'Estrange.

Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.

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Ma"ny\, n. [AS. menigeo, menigo, menio, multitude; akin to G. menge, OHG. manag[=i], menig[=i], Goth. managei. See Many, a.]

1. The populace; the common people; the majority of people, or of a community.

After him the rascal many ran. --Spenser.

2. A large or considerable number.

A many of our bodies shall no doubt Find native graves. --Shak.

Seeing a great many in rich gowns. --Addison.

It will be concluded by manythat he lived like an honest man. --Fielding.

Note: In this sense, many is connected immediately with another substantive (without of) to show of what the many consists; as, a good many [of] people think so.

He is liable to a great many inconveniences. --Tillotson.

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