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I don't know much about any of the Hasidim because the men won't talk to me because I'm a woman, and the women won't talk to me because, while I am Jewish, I'm not Hasidic.
Jami Attenberg

Meaning of "much" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD 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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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUCH

much  [mʌtʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Much can act as an adjective, an adverb and a determiner.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

The adverb is an invariable part of the sentence that can change, explain or simplify a verb or another adverb.

The determinant is a modifier that provides context to the noun, often in terms of quantity and possession.

WHAT DOES MUCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Much

Much may refer to: ▪ MuchMusic, a cable network in Canada, and its domestic and international spin-offs ▪ Much, an album by Christian band Ten Shekel Shirt ▪ Much the Miller's Son, one of Robin Hood's Merry Men from the earliest tales...

Definition of much in the English dictionary

The first definition of much in the dictionary is a great quantity or degree of. Other definition of much is considerably. Much is also practically; nearly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUCH


clutch
klʌtʃ
clutches
klʌtʃ
crutch
krʌtʃ
cutch
kʌtʃ
double-clutch
ˌdʌb əlˈklʌtʃ
dutch
dʌtʃ
hutch
hʌtʃ
inasmuch
ˌɪnəzˈmʌtʃ
Kutch
kʌtʃ
mutch
mʌtʃ
nonesuch
ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ
nonsuch
ˈnʌnˌsʌtʃ
overmuch
ˌəʊvəˈmʌtʃ
retouch
riːˈtʌtʃ
such
sʌtʃ
touch
tʌtʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUCH

mucate
mucedinous
much as
much less
much obliged
much of a muchness
muchacho
muchly
muchness
mucho
mucic acid
mucid
mucidity
mucidness
muciferous
mucigen
mucilage
mucilaginous
mucilaginously
mucilaginousness

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUCH

a bit much
as much
as such
Baruch
Bruch
casting couch
couch
crouch
debauch
finishing touch
not up to much
ouch
out of touch
pouch
slouch
so much
soft touch
the Midas touch
vouch
yuch

Synonyms and antonyms of much in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MUCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «much» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of much

Translation of «much» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUCH

Find out the translation of much to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of much from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «much» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

许多的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mucho
570 millions of speakers

English

much
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ज्यादा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كَثِيرٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

много
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

muito
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনেক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

beaucoup
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Banyak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

viel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多くの
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

많은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Akeh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhiều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खूप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

molto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znaczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багато
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mult
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πολύς
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mycket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

svært
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of much

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUCH»

The term «much» is very widely used and occupies the 713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of much
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «much».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUCH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «much» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «much» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about much

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10 QUOTES WITH «MUCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word much.
1
Anant Agarwal
A large number of students around the world don't really have access to high quality education. So, launching EdX allows students all over the world to have much better access to a high quality education from a university such as Harvard, MIT, Berkeley and others as we add more universities.
2
Monica Ali
I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time. I admire her great courage in leaving so much unsaid and asking the reader to really engage her brain.
3
Jack Antonoff
What sets 'Some Nights' apart from anything we've ever done is the hip-hop influence. Not so much the actual sound of hip-hop, but more the vibrato and the artistry that comes with it. Right now, the artists that seem to be pushing to be the greatest artists and are trying to change the world are hip-hop artists.
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Jami Attenberg
I don't know much about any of the Hasidim because the men won't talk to me because I'm a woman, and the women won't talk to me because, while I am Jewish, I'm not Hasidic.
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Brigitte Bardot
I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.
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Jennifer Beals
It doesn't seem as if there's that much of a difference between a big production and a little production, other than you have a smaller space in which to get dressed and you have a shorter waiting time.
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Josh Bowman
Women like men who listen. We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen twice as much as we speak.
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Jim Broadbent
Other people have a much better idea of what I might do than I.
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Rob Brydon
When you're a kid, I think you want to be a film star. And I'm not as enamoured with that any more. The reality of that life is a lot of travel, and a lot of being away, which is impractical because I have four children, so I don't want to be away that much, not the other side of the world away.
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Edward Burns
The con movie is a little bit different where maybe we tell you what we're going to do but it never goes down the way you expect because there's so much double-crossing and cheats and lies going on along the whole way.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUCH»

Discover the use of much in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to much and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Women Who Love Too Much
Updated with a new foreword and revised text, a twentieth anniversary release of a top-selling reference counsels women on how to end destructive cycles of co-dependence and misogyny, in a guide that shares case histories of women who have ...
Robin Norwood, 2008
2
Why Does College Cost So Much?
This book is a call to calm the rhetoric of blame and to instead find policies that will increase access to higher education while preserving the quality of our colleges and universities.
Robert B. Archibald, David H. Feldman, 2010
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
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G. K. Chesterton, 2008
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It's So Much Work to Be Your Friend: Helping the Child with ...
Siblings. and. Other. Strangers. Two Stories Andrew stormed into my office ten minutes after our meeting was scheduled to begin. He heaved his overloaded book bag onto the couch and glared at me. “I know that he's my brother and I know ...
Richard Lavoie, 2006
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Women who Worry Too Much: How to Stop Worry & Anxiety from ...
Women are more likely than men to develop anxiety disorders, a fact researchers have attributed to a range of biological, psychological, and cultural factors. The goal of this book is to help readers control excessive worry.
Holly Hazlett-Stevens, 2005
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It's All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life ...
Outlines a program for home organization and clutter elimination as a means of reducing stress, in a reference that makes step-by-step recommendations for addressing related psychological obstacles.
Peter Walsh, 2007
7
So Much for That: A Novel
Enriched with three medical subplots that also explore the human costs of American health care, So Much for That follows the profound transformation of a marriage, for which grave illness proves an unexpected opportunity for tenderness, ...
Lionel Shriver, 2010
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Much Maligned Monsters: A History of European Reactions to ...
In this fascinating study, Partha Mitter traces the history of European reactions to Indian art, from the earliest encounters of explorers with the exotic.
Partha Mitter, 1992
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What to Do When There's Too Much to Do: Reduce Tasks, ...
Presents strategies that reduce commitments, distractions, interruptions, and inefficiencies, and increase productivity so that more can be accomplished in less time.
Laura Stack, 2012
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When Parents Love Too Much: Freeing Parents and Children to ...
The authors of "When Is Enough, Enough?" now explore the all-too-common problems of over-protection, guilt, low self-esteem, and family conflict which spring from excessive parental attachment.
Laurie Ashner, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term much is used in the context of the following news items.
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New child benefits may not be worth as much as advertised, experts …
The federal government has begun mailing its new monthly Universal Child Care Benefit cheques to parents, but some experts say the benefit ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
2
Why American teenagers are having much less sex
The sex life of the American teenager is apparently far less busy than it was in generations past. Less than half of teens older than 14 said ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Much ado about trading
Goldman Sachs has closed down two proprietary trading operations without much ado, and wound down various funds it co-invested with ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
4
How much retirement income will $1 million generate?
I hate to sound as if I'm equivocating, but the answer depends on a whole bunch of factors, including your age, your sex, the level of interest ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»
5
How Much Food Does Your Exercise Earn You?
In a small new study, volunteers who were shown chocolate and sports drinks after an exercise workout could not correctly guess how much ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
6
Mulryan: Too much money chasing 'trophy sites'
Developer Sean Mulryan of the Ballymore group has told the banking inquiry that too much money was chasing trophy sites in the Irish market ... «RTE.ie, Jul 15»
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Revealed: Spotify had no idea how much you'd hate its new logo color
Schneider believes “it's not so much a discussion of the right or wrong color, it's simply about change or no change” and that it went viral ... «The Next Web, Jul 15»
8
Falling gas prices not doing much for the economy
Some benefit in home prices and employment have come to areas with long commutes, but effects on retail spending have been "more ... «CNBC, Jul 15»
9
Here's How Much Money Donald Trump Collects From His Many …
The FEC reports shows exactly how much money The Donald has taken in from each course location, but the commission isn't tasked with ... «National Journal, Jul 15»
10
How much do you earn – and why won't you tell us?
It's often considered taboo to talk with your co-workers about how much you earn, so when former Google employee Erica Baker started an ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»

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