much

much  (mch)

adj. more (môr, mr), most (mst)

Great in quantity, degree, or extent: not much rain; much affection.

n.

1. A large quantity or amount: Much has been written.

2. Something great or remarkable: The campus wasn't much to look at.

adv. more, most

1. To a great degree or extent: much smarter.

2. Just about; almost: much the same.

3. Frequently; often: doesn't get out much.

Idiom:

as much

Almost the same: I thought as much. She said as much.

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[Middle English muche, short for muchel, from Old English mycel; see meg- in Indo-European roots.]

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much

Adjective

[more, most]

a large amount or degree of: there isn't much wine left

Noun

1. a large amount or degree

2. a bit much Informal rather excessive

3. make much of

a. to make sense of: he couldn't make much of her letter

b. to give importance to: the press made much of the story

4. not much of not to any appreciable degree or extent: he's not much of a cook

5. not up to much Informal of a low standard: this beer is not up to much

Adverb

1. considerably: I'm much better now

2. practically or nearly: it's much the same

3. often or a great deal: that doesn't happen much these days

4. (as) much as even though; although: much as I'd like to, I can't come

See also more, most [Old English mycel]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	much - a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity" large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Adj.	1.	much - (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" more, more than - (comparative of `much' used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree; "more land"; "more support"; "more rain fell"; "more than a gallon" slight, little - (quantifier used with mass nouns) small in quantity or degree; not much or almost none or (with `a') at least some; "little rain fell in May"; "gave it little thought"; "little time is left"; "we still have little money"; "a little hope remained"; "there's slight chance that it will work"; "there's a slight chance it will work"
Adv.	1.	much - to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"
	2.	much - very; "he was much annoyed"
	3.	much - 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
	4.	much - (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
	5.	much - frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" a great deal, often

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much

adverb 1. greatly, a lot, considerably, decidedly, exceedingly, appreciably << OPPOSITE hardly

adverb 2. often, a lot, regularly, routinely, a great deal, frequently, many times, habitually, on many occasions, customarily

adjective 3. great, a lot of, plenty of, considerable, substantial, piles of (informal) ample, abundant, copious, oodles of (informal) plenteous, sizable or sizeable amount, shedful (slang) << OPPOSITE little

pronoun 4. a lot, plenty, a great deal, lots (informal) masses (informal) loads (informal) tons (informal) heaps (informal) a good deal, an appreciable amount << OPPOSITE little

Translations

much [mʌtʃ] adj → mucho

adv, n, pron → mucho;

(before pp) → muy;

how much is it? → ¿cuánto es?, ¿cuánto cuesta?;

too much → demasiado;

so much → tanto;

it's not much → no es mucho;

as much as → tanto como;

however much he tries → por mucho que se esfuerce;

I like it very/so much → me gusta mucho/tanto;

thank you very much → muchas gracias, muy agradecido

much [mʌtʃ] adj → beaucoup de

adv, n or pron → beaucoup;

much milk → beaucoup de lait;

we don't have much time → nous n'avons pas beaucoup de temps;

how much is it? → combien est-ce que ça coûte?;

it's not much → ce n'est pas beaucoup;

too much → trop (de);

so much → tant (de);

I like it very/so much → j'aime beaucoup/tellement ça;

as much as → autant de;

thank you very much → merci beaucoup;

that's much better → c'est beaucoup mieux;

much to my amazement ... → à mon grand étonnement ...

much [mʌtʃ] adj [time, money, effort] → viel;

how much money/time do you need? → wie viel Geld/Zeit brauchen Sie?;

he's done so much work for us → er hat so viel für uns gearbeitet;

as much as → so viel wie;

I have as much money/intelligence as you → ich besitze genauso viel Geld/Intelligenz wie du pron → viel;

how much is it? → was kostet es? adv

1. (= greatly, a great deal) → sehr;

thank you very much → vielen Dank, danke sehr;

I read as much as I can → ich lese so viel wie ich kann

2. (= by far) → viel;

I'm much better now → mir geht es jetzt viel besser

3. (= almost) → fast;

how are you feeling? much the same → wie fühlst du dich? fast genauso;

the two books are much the same → die zwei Bücher sind sich sehr ähnlich

much [mʌtʃ] adj, pron → molto/a: he's done so much work → ha lavorato così tanto;

I have as much money as you → ho tanti soldi quanti ne hai tu;

how much is it? → quant'è?;

it's not much → non è tanto;

it costs too much → costa troppo;

as much as you want → quanto vuoi adv

1. (= greatly) → molto, tanto;

thank you very much → molte grazie;

I like it very/so much → mi piace moltissimo/così tanto;

much to my amazement → con mio enorme stupore;

he's very much the gentleman → è il vero gentiluomo;

I read as much as I can → leggo quanto posso;

as much as you → tanto quanto te

2. (= by far) → molto;

it's much the biggest company in Europe → è di gran lunga la più grossa società in Europa

3. (= almost) → grossomodo, praticamente;

they're much the same → sono praticamente uguali

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much

adj much [matʃ]

a (great) amount or quantity of This job won't take much effort; I found it without much difficulty; How much sugar is there left?; There's far too much salt in my soup; He ate so much ice-cream that he was sick; Take as much money as you need; After much discussion they decided to go.baie, veelكثيرв голямо количествоmnohomegen; meget; mangevielπολύςmuchopaljuزیادpaljonbeaucoup (de)כָּמה שֶׁצָרִיךबहुतmnogosokbanyakmikill, mikiðmolto, tantoたくさんの많은daug, daugelis, didelisdaudzbanyakvee;lmyedużomuitomult; mareмногоveľamnogomnogomycket, myckenมากกว่าçok大量，許多багатоجو بہت مقدار یا تعداد میں ہوnhiều大量的

pron

a large amount; a great deal He didn't say much about it; Much of this trouble could have been prevented; Did you eat much?; not much; too much; as much as I wanted; How much did you eat?; Only this/that / so much; How much is (= What is the price of) that fish?; Please tidy your room – it isn't much to ask.veelكثير: تُسْتَعْمَل مع الإسْم غَيْر المَعْدودмногоmnohomegetvielπολύςmuchopaljuبسیار بزرگpaljonbeaucoupהָרבֵּהबड़ी मात्राmnogosok, sok(at), ennyi, annyi, mennyi?banyakmikill, mikiðmoltoたくさん다수, 다량, 많음daugdaudz; cik daudzbanyakveelmyedużo, wielemuitomultмного(е)veľamnogomnogomycketจำนวนมากbüyük miktar şey許多，大量багатоبڑی تعدادnhiều许多，大量

adv

1 (by) a great deal; (by) far She's much prettier than I am; He isn't much older than you; How much further must we walk?; much more easily; He's much the best person to ask.veelكثيراً، جِداс многоmnohem, zdalekameget; langtvielπολύmuchopalju, kindlaltبسیارpaljon, ehdottomastibeaucoup (plus)הָרבֵּה יוֹתֵרज्यादाmnogosokkal; mennyivel?jauh lebihlang-, langsamlega; miklu-moltoずっと많이, 더daug, žymiai, tikraidaudzjauh lebihveel, verrewegmye; absolutt, langtznacznie, o wielemuitomult; de la distanţăгораздо, (на)многоoveľa; zďalekamnogomnogomycket, absolutอย่างมากbüyük ölçüde, çok多значноکہیں زیادہnhiều; lắm多

2 to a great extent or degree He will be much missed; We don't see her much; I thanked her very much; much too late; I've much too much to do; The accident was as much my fault as his. Much to my dismay, she began to cry.baie, hartlik, veelإلى درجَةٍ كبيرَهмногоvelmi, příliš, takmeget; alt for meget; lige så megetsehrπολύmuchopaljuزیادpaljon, kovastibeaucoup, trèsכָּל כָּךबहुत हद तकprevišenagyonsangatmjög (mikið), afskaplegamolto, tantoとても대단히, 매우dideliu mastu, labaiļoti daudz; tikpat daudz; lielā mērāsangatveel, zeermye, stort; til min store...w dużym stopniu, często, bardzomuitomult; foarteоченьveľmi; takzelo, mnogomnogomycket, storligen, [] stora []บ่อยçok çok geç; çok, pek好久，常常дужеزیادہ مقدار یا تعداد میںphần lớn好久，常常

be not much of a

to be not a very good thing of a particular kind I'm not much of a photographer; That wasn't much of a lecture.nie veel van 'nلَيْسَ بارِعا فيне съм добър катоnebýt nějak zvláštní (v)ikke (være) nogen særligkein(e) besonders gute(r) ... seinόχι και σπουδαίοςno ser muy bueno enmitte kuigi hea olemaنه چندان خوبei nimeksikäänne pas être extraordinaire commeלא הָכִי טוֹב ב-बहुत अच्छा नहींne previšenem sokat ér, nem valami nagy...tidak begitu baikekki mikill, ekkert sérstakur(non essere un gran che come)たいした～ではない대단한 ...이 아니다būti ne kažin kokiamnebūt īpaši labam; nebūt kam sevišķamtidak begitu baikniet veel voorstellen alsikke være mye til..., skryte av ikke være stort åbyć nie najlepszym, kiepskimnão ser muito dea nu fi cine ştie ceбыть весьма посредственнымnebyť príliš dobrýne biti kaj pridabogznaštainte vara ngn (ngt) vidareเป็่นสิ่งที่ไม่ดีสำหรับสิ่งที่เป็นเรื่องเฉพาะpek iyi olmamak不是什么了不起的, 稱不上...бути не Бог вість яким (ким)کسی چیز میں مہارت نہ ہوناkhông hoàn toàn是个不太好的

be not up to much

to be not very good The dinner wasn't up to much.nie baie goed nieليس جيدا جِداне съм добърnestát za mocikke (være) noget særligtnicht besonders seinδε λέει πολλά πράγματαno valer gran cosamitte kuigi hea olemaتعریفی نداشتنei paljon mistään kotoisinne pas valoir grand-choseלא הָכִיअच्छा नहींnedovoljannem sokat értidak begitu baikvera ekki merkilegur, ekkert sérstakur(non essere gran che)たいしたことはない그렇게 좋지는 않다būti menkam, prastamnebūt kam īpašambetul-betulniet veel voorstellenikke være noe særlig/noe størrebyć niczym szczególnymnão ser grande coisaтак себеnestáť za veľane biti kaj pridane tako dobrainte vara ngt vidareไม่ดีมากçok iyi olmamak不怎麼好так собіزیادہ اچھا نہیں ہوناkhông tốt lắm不怎么好

be too much for

to overwhelm; to be too difficult etc for Is the job too much for you?te moeilikأكْثَر من طاقَةзатруднявамbýt přespříliš pro(være) for meget forzu viel sein fürξεπερνώ την αντοχή ή τις ικανότητες κπ.ser demasiado paraliiga raske olemaبسیار سختolla liian vaikeaadépasserלא טוֹבके लिए अत्यधिक कठिनprevišetúl sok vkinekterlalu sulitvera (e-m) ofviðaessere troppo per～には過ぎる힘겹다, 감당하기 어렵다būti pernelyg sunkiam, ne pagal jėgasnebūt pa spēkamterlalu sulitte veel zijn voorvære/bli for mye forbyć ponad siłyser demasiado paraa fi prea mult/greuоказаться не по силамbyť priveľa nabiti pretežkosuviševara för mycket förมากเกินไปçok zor非...力所能及бути не по силамبہت مشکل ہوناrất khó khăn非...力所能及

make much of

1 to make a fuss of (a person) or about (a thing). verkniesيُعْطي أهميَّة أكثر من اللازِم لِ، يُثيرُ ضَجَّةً حَولвдигам шум околоpříliš toho nadělat zgøre meget ud afviel Wesens machen umδίνω μεγάλη σημασία σε κπ. ή σε κτ.dar mucha importancia a algo(liialdatult) hoolt kandmaحساب بردن ازhössöttääfaire grand cas deלְעוֹרֵר מְהוּמָהसम्मान करना, उत्सुकता दिखाते हुए लोगों से मिलनाsmatrati važnimnagy dolgot csinál vmibőlmerepotkangera mikið úrfare grande caso aちやほやする잘 대해주다, 추어올리다, 중시하다pernelyg pabrėžti/aukštintibūt augstās domās; noņemties (ar...)menyulitkanveel werk maken vangjøre mye ut av, gjøre stas pårobić wiele hałasu o, przesadzać zfazer sentido dea face (mare) caz deноситься с кем/чем-л.robiť si príliš veľa zpretiravatidići prašinufjäska för, göra stor sak avจู้จี้abartmak, büyütmek悉心照顧носитися зبات کا بتنگڑ بناناlàm rối rít lên悉心照顾

2 to make sense of; to understand I couldn't make much of the film.verstaan, begrypيَفْهَمразбирамpochopit mnoho zfå meget ud afviel anfangen mitκαταλαβαίνωcomprender, entendersotti saamaدانستنsaada tolkkuacomprendreלְהָבִיןसमझ में आनाposvećivati pažnju(meg)értmemahamiskiljacomprendere理解する잘 이해하다suprastisaprastmemahamibegrijpenfå noe/mye ut avpojąćfazer sentido dea înţelege, a pricepeпониматьpochopiť veľa zrazumetirazumetifå ut mycket avเข้าใจanlamak理解високо цінуватиزیادہ اچھی طرح سے سمجھ نہیں آناhiểu理解

much as

although Much as I should like to come, I can't.hoewel, nieteenstaandeمع أن، بالرَّغْمِ مِنвъпреки чеačkolihvor meget endso gern wieόσο κι αν, μολονότιpor mucho quekuidas kaگر چهvaikka kuinkabien queאָף עַל פִּיहालांकिkao dabármennyire ... iswalaupunjafnvel þó .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. þáper quanto～だが...임에도 불구하고kad ir labai, norslai ganwalaupunhoe graag... ookselv om...chociażpor mais quechiar dacăхотяakokoľvekčepraviakohur mycket [] änถึงแม้ว่าiyice ...-meme rağmen雖然незважаючи на те, щоحالانکہmặc dù虽然很

much the same

not very different The patient's condition is still much the same.dieselfde, onverbeterdنَفْس الشَّيء تَقْريباпочти същияskoro stejnýstort set det sammeungefähr gleichσχεδόν ίδιοςmás o menos igualpeaaegu samaکم تنوعolla ennallaanpresque le mêmeבְּעֶרֶך אוֹתוֹ הַדָבָרज्यादा भिन्न नहींisto kaokörülbelül ugyanaztidak banyak berbedasvo til óbreytturpressappoco lo stesso, più o meno lo stessoほとんど同じ거의 같은beveik toks pats, nepasikeitęsļoti līdzīgs, gandrīz tas patstidak banyak berbezavrijwel hetzelfdeikke særlig forandretbez większych zmianna mesmacam la felпочти такой жеskoro rovnakýskoraj enakistoungefär detsammaเหมือนกันaşağı yukarı aynı差不多مشابہkhông khác lắm差不多

nothing much

nothing important, impressive etc `What are you doing?' `Nothing much.'niks juis nieلا شَيء مُهِمнищо важноnic zvláštníhoikke noget særligt'nichts Besonderesτίποτα σημαντικόen especial nadaei midagi erilistچیز مهمی نیستei mitään erityistäpas grand-choseלא הָרבֵּהकुछ विशेष नहींništa važnosemmi különöstidak pentingekkert mikilvægt/sérstakt(niente di importante)たいしたものではない별것 아니다, 아무것도 아니다nieko svarbaus, nieko ypatinganekas sevišķstidak pentingniets bijzondersikke noe særlignic szczególnegonada de especialnimic deosebitничего особенногоnič zvláštnehonič posebneganišta posebnoinget särskiltไม่มีอะไรสำคัญhemen hemen hiçbir şey不重要﹐沒什麼нічого особливогоغیر اہم، کچھ زیادہ نہیںkhông có gì quan trọng很少

not much

nothing important, impressive etc My car isn't much to look at but it's fast.nie veel nieليس مُهِما أو مُثيراнищо особеноnepřílišikke noget særligtnichts Besonderesτίποτα σπουδαίοpocomitte suurem asiچیز مهمی نیستei erityinenpas trèsלא מַשֶהוּ...महत्वपूर्ण या प्रभावशाली नहींne previšenem különösebben (szép stb.)tidak hebatekki merkilegurnon tantoたいしたことはない별것 아니다menkas, neįspūdingasnecils, vienkāršstidak hebatniets bijzondersikke stort/noe særlignic specjalnegonão muitonu cine ştie ceничего особенногоnie prílišnič posebneganišta posebnointe mycketไม่มีอะไรสำคัญahım şahım bir şey değil不足道﹐沒什麼нема чогоبہت اچھا نہیںkhông có gì quan trọng不足道

so much for

that's all that can be said about So much for that – let's talk about something else; He arrived half an hour late – so much for his punctuality!nie juis nieهذا كُل ما يُمْكِن أن يُقال عن ذلكстига толковаtolik o; tak je to sså meget forso viel zuαρκετά για, δεν αξίζει να μιλάμε γιαse acabó, no es para tantoniipaljukestزیاد هم هستse siitävoilà pour, voilà ce qu'on appelleעַד כָּאן...बात समाप्त करोpreviše zaerről ennyithanya ituþá er það útrætt(alla faccia di)そこまで...에 대해서는 그 정도면 됐다tai tiek apieko nu par to!hanya itudat is danferdig med (det), det var detto by było `na tyle` w kwestiique dizer deatât despre; iată ce înseamnăхватит об этомtoľko otoliko otoliko o tomedet om detta, så var det med []มากพอสำหรับbu kadar (yeter)那麼多досить, хватитьکسی چیز کے متعلق بات نہ ہی کریں تو اچھا ہےđó là tất cả những gì có thể nói那么多

think too much of

to have too high an opinion of He thinks too much of himself.dink te veel van homselfيُثَمِّنُ نَفْسَه عالياимам прекалено високо мнение заmít příliš vysoké mínění otro for meget omzuviel halten vonέχω υπερβολικά μεγάλη ιδέα γιαtener una gran opinión deliiga heal arvamusel olemaخیلی زیادolla suuret luulotavoir une trop haute idée deחוֹשֵׁב יוֹתֵר מָדי על...बहुत ज्यादाmnogo držati dotúlbecsülterlalu menghargaihafa of mikið álit á(avere un'opinione troppo alta di)過大視する과대 평가하다būti pernelyg geros nuomonės apiebūt augstās domās (par)terlalu memikirkante hoog aanslaanha høye tanker ommieć wysokie mniemanie oter grande opinião dea supra­apreciaбыть слишком высокого мнения о...mať príliš vysokú mienku oprecenjevatiimati visoko mišljenjeha för höga tankar omกังวลçok beğenmek對...估價太高занадто багато думати про когоاپنے آپ کو حد سے زیادہ اھمیت دیناđánh giá quá cao对...估价太高

without so much as

without even He took my umbrella without so much as asking.sonder om teحتّى بِدونбез дориaniž, bez toho, žeuden så meget somohne überhaupt...χωρίς κανsin siquieraisegi (midagi tege)mataبا اينکهedes tekemättäsans mêmeמִבְּלִיउसके बिना भीbez mnogoés még csak nem istanpaán þess svo mikið að{{TH}}.{{TH}}.{{TH}}.senza neanche～さえしないで...조차 없이net ne-pat ne-tanpazonder zelfs maaren gang uten å(nawet) bezsem sequerfără măcarдаже неbez toho, abykar breza da nije niutan att så mycket somโดยที่ไม่ได้ทำสิ่งนั้น ๆ... bile gerek duymadan甚至於不навіть неیہاں تک کہ بغیر کچھ کیےthậm chí không甚至于不

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