Much : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Much	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Much
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
much adv to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now" very; "he was much annoyed" 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" Synonym(s): a lot, lots, a good deal, a great deal, much, very much (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" Synonym(s): much, practically frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much" Synonym(s): much, a great deal, often adj (quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage" Antonym(s): little(a), slight n a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Much \Much\, a. [Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by {More}, and {Most}, from another root.] [OE. moche, muche, miche, prob. the same as mochel, muchel, michel, mikel, fr. AS. micel, mycel; cf. Gr. [?], fem. [?], great, and Icel. mj[94]k, adv., much. [fb]103. See {Mickle}.] 1. Great in quantity; long in duration; as, much rain has fallen; much time. Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in. --Deut. xxviii. 38. 2. Many in number. [Archaic] Edom came out against him with much people. --Num. xx. 20. 3. High in rank or position. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Much \Much\, n. 1. A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. He that gathered much had nothing over. --Ex. xvi. 18. Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very. 2. A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. And [he] thought not much to clothe his enemies. --Milton. {To make much of}, to treat as something of especial value or worth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Much \Much\, adv. [Cf. Icel. mj[94]k. See {Much}, a.] To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. [bd]Much suffering heroes.[b8] --Pope. Thou art much mightier than we. --Gen. xxvi. 16. Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince. --Prov. xvii. 7. Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much. --Milton. All left the world much as they found it. --Sir W. Temple.