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[muhch] 
adjective, more, most, noun, adverb, more, most.–adjective
| 1. | great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake. |
–noun
| 2. | a great quantity, measure, or degree: Much of his research was unreliable. |
| 3. | a great, important, or notable thing or matter: The house is not much to look at. |
–adverb
—Idioms| 4. | to a great extent or degree; greatly; far: to talk too much; much heavier. |
| 5. | nearly, approximately, or about: This is much like the others. |
| 6. | make much of,
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| 7. | much as,
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Origin:
1150–1200; ME muche, moche, apocopated var. of muchel, mochel, OE mycel; r. ME miche(l), OE micel great, much (cf. mickle ), c. ON mikill, Goth mikils, Gk mégal-, suppletive s. of mégas great
1150–1200; ME muche, moche, apocopated var. of muchel, mochel, OE mycel; r. ME miche(l), OE micel great, much (cf. mickle ), c. ON mikill, Goth mikils, Gk mégal-, suppletive s. of mégas great
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| much (mŭch) adj. more (môr, mōr), most (mōst) Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection. n.
[Middle English muche, short for muchel, from Old English mycel; see meg- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Much
Much\, a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More, and Most, from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. ?, fem. ?, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much. [root]103. See Mickle.]1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. --Deut. xxviii. 38. 2. Many in number. [Archaic] Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx. 20. 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer.Much
Much\, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi. 18. Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very. 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.Much
Much\, adv. [Cf. Icel. mj["o]k. See Much, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." --Pope. Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi. 16. Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. --Milton. All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W. Temple.
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much
c.1205, worn down by loss of unaccented last syllable from M.E. muchel, from O.E. micel "great in amount or extent," from P.Gmc. *mekilaz, from PIE *meg- "great." For vowel evolution, see bury.
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much
In addition to the idioms beginning with much, 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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