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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a great amount or extent;
- Example: "they did much for humanity"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent;
- Example: "not much rain"
- Example: "much affection"
- Example: "much grain is in storage"


ADVERB (5)

1. to a great degree or extent;
- Example: "she's much better now"

2. very;
- Example: "he was much annoyed"

3. to a very great degree or extent;
- Example: "I feel a lot better"
- Example: "we enjoyed ourselves very much"
- Example: "she was very much interested"
- Example: "this would help a great deal"
[syn: a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much]

4. (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely;
- Example: "much the same thing happened every time"
- Example: "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"
[syn: much, practically]

5. frequently or in great quantities;
- Example: "I don't drink much"
- Example: "I don't travel much"
[syn: much, a great deal, often]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Much \Much\, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. [1913 Webster] He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi. 18. [1913 Webster] Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very. [1913 Webster] 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. [1913 Webster] And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Much \Much\ (m[u^]ch), a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by More (m[=o]r), and Most (m[=o]st), from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. me`gas, fem. mega`lh, great, and Icel. mj["o]k, adv., much. [root]103. See Mickle.] 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. [1913 Webster] Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. --Deut. xxviii. 38. [1913 Webster] 2. Many in number. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx. 20. [1913 Webster] 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Much \Much\, adv. [Cf. Icel. mj["o]k. See Much, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." --Pope. [1913 Webster] Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi. 16. [1913 Webster] Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. [1913 Webster] Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. --Milton. [1913 Webster] All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W. Temple. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

much adv 1: to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now" 2: very; "he was much annoyed" 3: 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" [syn: a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much] 4: (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" [syn: much, practically] 5: frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" [syn: much, a great deal, often] adj 1: (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" [ant: little(a), slight] n 1: a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"