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much

• (a) (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent
  • not much rain
  • much affection
  • much grain is in storage
• (r) to a great degree or extent
  • she's much better now
• (r) very
  • he was much annoyed
• (r) to a very great degree or extent
  • I feel a lot better
  • we enjoyed ourselves very much
  • she was very much interested
  • this would help a great deal
  a good deal, a great deal, a lot, lots, very much,
• (r) (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely
  • much the same thing happened every time
  • practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god
  practically,
• (r) frequently or in great quantities
  • I don't drink much
  • I don't travel much
  a great deal, often,

Nouns

• (n) a great amount or extent
  • they did much for humanity

Synonyms

a good deal a great deal a lot lots very much practically often

Antonyms

slight little

See also

more more than

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