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many
adj more (comparative), most (superlative)

1. Consisting of a large number; numerous.

Example: Many teenagers smoke
Example: had to stop a good many times to rest
Thesaurus: abundant, countless, numerous, sundry, plentiful, divers, multifarious, multitudinous, galore, umpteen (slang); Antonym: few, meagre, scanty.
Form: a great many (sometimes)
Form: a good many
2. The majority or the crowd; ordinary people, not nobility or royalty.

Form: the many

pronoun

1. A great number (of people or things). See also more, most.

Example: The sweets were so rich that I couldn't eat many

Idiom: as many

The same number (of something).
Example: She hasn't as many friends as you
Example: I don't want as many

Idiom: have one too many

colloq
To drink to excess.

Idiom: how many?

How great a number?
Example: How many people are coming?

Idiom: many a (many an, many another)

as or being one of a number of (a specified thing).
Example: many a man
Example: spent many a happy hour there

Idiom: many's the time

colloq
On a great many occasions.
Example: Many's the time I found her crying

Idiom: too many

Too great a number (of something); more than required.
Example: There are too many people in here

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon manig.

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more
adj

1. Greater; additional.

Example: He has more clothes than me
Example: Don't use more than two bags
Thesaurus: additional, further, extra, other, expanded, increased, augmented, enhanced, added ; Antonym: less.

adverb

1. Used to form the comparative form of many adjectives and most adverbs, especially those of two or more syllables.

Example: a more difficult problem
Example: Drive more carefully
2. To a greater degree; with a greater frequency.

Example: I miss him more than ever
Thesaurus: in addition, increasingly, also, likewise.
3. Again.

Example: Do it once more

pronoun

1. A greater, or additional, number or quantity of people or things. See also most.

Example: If we run out, I'll have to order more

Idiom: more and more

Increasingly; continuing to increase.

Idiom: more of a something

Better described as or closer to being (a specified thing).
Example: more of a painter than a writer

Idiom: more or less

Almost.
Example: more or less finished

Roughly.
Example: It'll take two hours, more or less

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon mara greater.

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much
adj

1. Great in amount or quantity.

Thesaurus: abundant, considerable, voluminous, substantial, ample, plentiful, profuse, lavish, generous; Antonym: inadequate, insufficient, little, limited.

pronoun more (comparative), most (superlative)

1. A great amount or quantity of something

Example: You don't have much luck
Example: How much time is there left?
2. (as pronoun) a great deal; anything of significance or value.

Example: Can you see much?
Example: My belongings don't amount to much

adverb

1. By a great deal.

Example: That looks much prettier
2. To a great degree.

Example: don't like her much
Example: We are much alike
3. Nearly the same; almost. See also more, most.

Example: Things look much as I left them
Form: much the same (often)

Idiom: a bit much

colloq
Rather more that can be tolerated or accepted.
Example: His constant teasing is a bit much

Idiom: as much as ... (much as ...)

Although ....
Example: I cannot come, much as I would like to

Idiom: make much of something or someone

To cherish or take special interest in them or it, or to treat them or it as very important.

Note: with negatives
To find much sense in, or to succeed in understanding, them or it.
Example: couldn't make much of what he was saying

Idiom: not much of a something

colloq
Not a very good example of it; a rather poor one.
Example: I'm not much of a singer

Idiom: not up to much

colloq
Of a poor standard; not much good.

Idiom: too much

colloq
More than can be tolerated or accepted.
Example: I find the noise too much

Idiom: too much for someone

More than a match for them.

Etymology: 13c: from Anglo-Saxon mycel; see mickle.