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Much   /mətʃ/   Listen
Much

adjective
1.
(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent.  "Much affection" , "Much grain is in storage"  Antonym: little.
adverb
1.
To a great degree or extent.
2.
Very.
3.
To a very great degree or extent.  Synonyms: a good deal, a great deal, a lot, lots, very much.  "We enjoyed ourselves very much" , "She was very much interested" , "This would help a great deal"
4.
(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely.  Synonym: practically.  "Practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"
5.
Frequently or in great quantities.  Synonyms: a great deal, often.  "I don't travel much"
noun
1.
A great amount or extent.



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"Much" Quotes from Famous Books



... exhorted my husband to economy, I referred to himself. I was obliged to practise the most rigid, or contract debts, which I had too much reason to fear would never be paid. I despised this paltry privilege of a wife, which can only be of use to the vicious or inconsiderate, and determined not to increase the torrent that was bearing him down. I was then ignorant of the ...
— Posthumous Works - of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman • Mary Wollstonecraft
... knavery and from calumniating others. One should observe the vow of truthfulness, be sparing of speech, and always heedful. By conducting oneself in this way one will have one's organ of speech well-restrained. One should not abstain entirely from food. One should not eat too much. One should give up covetousness, and always seek the companionship of the good. One should eat only so much as is needed for sustaining life. By conducting oneself in this way one succeeds in properly controlling the door represented by one's stomach. One should not, O hero, lustfully ...
— The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 - Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 • Unknown
... detail the events of Washington's administration would be to write the history of the country during that period. It is only possible here to show, without much regard to chronological sequence, the part of the President in developing the policy of the government at home, and his attitude toward each question as it arose. We are concerned here merely with the influence and effect of Washington in our history, and not with ...
— George Washington, Vol. II • Henry Cabot Lodge
... depth of Christ's patient forbearance. We might read these other words of our text, 'How long shall I suffer you?' with such an intonation as to make them almost a threat that the limits of forbearance would soon be reached, and that lie was not going to 'suffer them' much longer. Some commentators speak of them as expressing 'holy indignation,' and I quite believe that there is such a thing, and that on other occasions it was plainly spoken in Christ's words. But I fail to ...
— Expositions of Holy Scripture - St. Mark • Alexander Maclaren
... disdainful of his rival, whereas the woman for various reasons gives herself to hatred of her rival, and feels only angry contempt for her lover's traitorism. But Othello—or shall we not say Shakespeare?—discovers in the sincerest ecstasy of this passion as much of the woman's nature as of the man's. After seeing his handkerchief in ...
— The Man Shakespeare • Frank Harris


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