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
British Dictionary definitions for much as
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 as (1 of 2)
much as
see as much as, def. 2.
Idioms and Phrases with much as (2 of 2)
much