much
[ muhch ]
/ mʌtʃ /
adjective, more, most.
great in quantity, measure, or degree: too much cake.
noun
a great quantity, measure, or degree: Much of his research was unreliable.
a great, important, or notable thing or matter: The house is not much to look at.
adverb, more, most.
to a great extent or degree; greatly; far: to talk too much; much heavier.
nearly, approximately, or about: This is much like the others.
Idioms for much
Origin of much
1150–1200; Middle English
muche, moche, apocopated variant of
muchel, mochel, Old English
mycel; replacing Middle English
miche(l), Old English
micel great, much (cf.
mickle), cognate with Old Norse
mikill, Gothic
mikils, Greek
mégal-, suppletive stem of
mégas great
Words nearby much
Example sentences from the Web for much
British Dictionary definitions for much
much
/ (mʌtʃ) /
determiner
adverb
adjective
(predicative; usually used with a negative)
impressive or important
this car isn't much
Word Origin for much
Old English
mycel; related to Old English
micel great, Old Saxon
mikil, Gothic
mikils; compare also Latin
magnus, Greek
megas
Idioms and Phrases with much
much