Much Definition

mŭch

more, most

adjective

Many in number.

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Great in quantity, amount, degree, etc.

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little

noun

A great amount or quantity.

Much to be done.

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Something great, unusual, or outstanding.

Not much to look at.

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adverb

To a great degree or extent.

Much happier.

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Just about; almost; nearly.

Much the same as yesterday.

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At frequent intervals; often.

Do you dine out much?

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little

determiner

A large amount of. [from 13th c.]

Wiktionary

(now archaic or nonstandard) A great number of; many (people). [from 13th c.]

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(now Caribbean, African-American) Many (+ plural countable noun). [from 13th c.]

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pronoun

A large amount or great extent.

From those to whom much has been given much is expected.

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idiom

as much

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

American Heritage

a bit much

somewhat excessive

Webster's New World

as much

virtually the same thing
I thought as much; she said as much

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as much as

to the degree that
practically; virtually; in effect

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make much of

to treat or consider as of great importance

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Other Word Forms of Much

Adjective

Base Form:

much

Comparative:

as much
a bit much
as much
as much as
make much of
much as
not much of a

Origin of Much

From Middle English muche (“much, great"), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great"), from Old English myÄ‹el, miÄ‹el (“large, great, much"), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much"), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵa- (“big, stour, great"), *meǵhâ‚‚-. See also mickle, muckle.

From Wiktionary
Middle English muche short for muchel from Old English mycel meg- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition