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People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'
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Meaning of "the many" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE MANY

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WHAT DOES THE MANY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of the many in the English dictionary

The definition of the many in the dictionary is the majority of mankind, esp the common people.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE MANY

the madam
the Mafia
the main chance
the mainland
the majors
the mallee
the Man
the Mansion House
the Maple Leaf
the Marches
the Maritime Provinces
the mark
the market
the Marseillaise
the masses
the master
the matter
the Mayflower
the Mearns
the Med

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE MANY

accompany
Albany
any
Bethany
Brittany
company
East Germany
Federal Republic of Germany
Germany
holding company
many
not having any
one-many
overmany
Romany
start-up company
Tammany
tiffany
trading company
West Germany

Synonyms and antonyms of the many in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «THE MANY»

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

Translation of «the many» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE MANY

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

Translator English - Chinese

许多
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

los muchos
570 millions of speakers

English

the many
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कई
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكثيرين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

многие
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a muitos
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনেক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

le nombre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ramai
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die vielen
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

பல
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनेक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

molti
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wiele
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багато
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cei mulți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τα πολλά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die vele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

de många
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

de mange
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the many

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MANY»

The term «the many» is very widely used and occupies the 7.234 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of the many
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE MANY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «the many» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «the many» 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 the many

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10 QUOTES WITH «THE MANY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the many.
1
George Boole
Of the many forms of false culture, a premature converse with abstractions is perhaps the most likely to prove fatal to the growth of a masculine vigour of intellect.
2
Smedley Butler
War is a racket. It always has been... A few profit - and the many pay. But there is a way to stop it. You can't end it by disarmament conferences. You can't eliminate it by peace parleys at Geneva. Well-meaning but impractical groups can't wipe it out by resolutions. It can be smashed effectively only by taking the profit out of war.
3
Sid Caesar
People come up to me and they thank me: 'I thank you for the many, many hours of laughter.'
4
Gwendoline Christie
What I've always loved about gymnastics and one of the many reasons I love watching it now is the combination of skill and freedom it has - the discipline and expression - letting you dance.
5
Mike Crapo
As you prepare for the many things that fall brings, such as school, harvest and winter, it is important to be prepared for the unthinkable. Supplies and a plan will significantly reduce panic and chaos in the event of an emergency.
6
Jared Diamond
It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World.
7
Mark Van Doren
When it aims to express a love of the world it refuses to conceal the many reasons why the world is hard to love, though we must love it because we have no other, and to fail to love it is not to exist at all.
8
Black Elk
And I say the sacred hoop of my people was one of the many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father.
9
Buchi Emecheta
In all my novels, I deal with the many problems and prejudices which exist for Black people in Britain today.
10
Eliot Engel
It is my hope that as we commemorate Black History Month in the future, we will continue to celebrate the many achievements and rich culture of African-Americans.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE MANY»

Discover the use of the many in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the many and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Many Colored Land
Thus begins this dazzling fantasy novel that invites comparisons with the work of J.R.R. Tolkien, Arthur C. Clarke, and Ursula Le Quin.
Julian May, 1981
2
The One vs. the Many: Minor Characters and the Space of the ...
By making the implied person indispensable to our understanding of literary form, this book offers a forward-looking avenue for contemporary narrative theory.
Alex Woloch, 2009
3
The Many Faces of Shame
This volume captures a range of compelling viewpoints on the role of shame in psychological development, psychopathology, and the therapeutic process.
Donald L. Nathanson, 1987
4
The One and the Many: Contemporary Collaborative Art in a ...
DIVExamines questions of agency, artisanship, and identity in relation to collaborative art practice./div
Grant H. Kester, 2011
5
The Many Costs of Racism
What is it like to be a black person in America today? The voices of middle class African Americans captured in this book will surprise those who think the era of racial discrimination is past.
Joe R. Feagin, Karyn D. McKinney, 2005
6
The Many Not The Few: The Stolen History of the Battle of ...
Richard North's radical re-evaluation of the Battle of Britain dismantles this mythical retelling of events.
Richard North, 2012
7
The Wisdom of Crowds
In this fascinating book, New Yorker business columnist James Surowiecki explores a deceptively simple idea: Large groups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant–better at solving problems, fostering innovation, ...
James Surowiecki, 2005
8
The One, the Three and the Many
This study, based on the Bampton Lectures delivered in the University of Oxford in 1992, examines what is often called the crisis of modernity, with reference not only to modernity but to modern culture in general.
Colin E. Gunton, 1993
9
On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine
Above all, however, this is a highly readable biography of a very popular drug. And it is a riveting story.
Nicolas Rasmussen, 2008
10
The Many Faces of Political Islam: Religion and Politics in ...
" ---François Burgat, Director, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) and the Institute for Research and Study on the Arab and Muslim World (IREMAM), Aix-en-Provence, France "This is a wonderful, concise book by an ...
Mohammed Ayoob, 2009

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE MANY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the many is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Many Contradictions of Mona Hatoum
PARIS — Mona Hatoum was vacationing in London in 1975 when civil war broke out back home in Lebanon. With Beirut's airport closed for nine months, she ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
2
IBM to shutter dataviz pioneer Many Eyes
IBM will close its Many Eyes collaborative data visualization service on June 12, according to a notice posted on the Many Eyes website. No further details were ... «Computerworld, Jun 15»

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