much

determiner · adjective · adverb · pronounA1

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determiner

moremost

1.
A large amount of.
Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?
After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.
Did you do much running last summer?
2.
(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
Add this much water and no more.
Take as much time as you like.
3.
(archaic, nonstandard)(now archaic or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people).
4.
(Caribbean, UK, regional)(now Caribbean, African-American, UK regional) many ( + plural countable noun).

Tính từ

adjective

1.
(not comparable, obsolete)Large, great.
2.
(not comparable, obsolete)Long in duration.

Trạng từ

adverb

Comparative

Superlative

most

1.
To a great extent.
I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.
However much I eat, I never get fat.
He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.
That boyfriend of yours is much {like - the same as} the others.
My English was much the worst, and I'm certainly not much good at math either, of that I'm very much aware.
Both candidates, who are much of an age, say much the same thing, but the youngest shows much the commoner behavior of the two.
2.
Often; frequently.
Does he get drunk much?
3.
(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate or compare extent.
I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.
4.
(slang)Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?
5.
(obsolete)Almost.

pronoun

1.
A large amount or great extent.
From those to whom much has been given much is expected.
We lay awake for much of the night.
Much of literature is concerned with stylistics.
She was in second place for much of the race.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

a great deala lotgreatly highly loads plenty verya great deal of, informal a lot of

Trái nghĩa

few less little

Cùng gốc / liên quan

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English muche (much, great), apocopated variant of muchel (much, great), from Old English myċel, miċel (big, much), from *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (great, many, much), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (big, stour, great). See also mickle, muckle. 2 cog Cognate with mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (big, large, great, much), mekel mēkel, michel ("great, many, much";