much

det

1. A large amount of.

   “Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?”

   “After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.”

   “Did you do much running last summer?”

   “As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.”

   “Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.”

2. Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.

   “Add this much water and no more.”

   “Take as much time as you like.”

3. (archaic, nonstandard)A great number of; many (people).

   “ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye”

   “When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.”

   “There wasn't much people about that day.”

4. (Caribbean, UK, regional)many ( + plural countable noun).

   “They got so much things to say right now, they got so much things to say.”

adj

1. (not-comparable, obsolete)Large, great.

   “Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore / and he with a swerd strake at syr launcelot myȝtely and he put asyde the stroke”

2. (not-comparable, obsolete)Long in duration.

adv

1. To a great extent.

   “I don't like melon much, and I don’t much care for milk chocolate either: I find them both much too sweet.”

   “However much I eat, I never get fat.”

   “He left her, much to the satisfaction of her other suitor.”

   “That boyfriend of yours is much {like - the same as} the others.”

   “My English was much the worst, and I'm certainly not much good at math either, of that I'm very much aware.”

2. To a great extent.

   “He is much fatter than I remember him.”

   “Honestly, I can't stand much more of this.”

3. Often; frequently.

   “Does he get drunk much?”

4. Used to indicate or compare extent.

   “I don't like Wagner as much as I like Mozart.”

5. (slang)Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.

   “Jamie's always preaching about how we need to save a planet when she drives literally everywhere she goes. Like, hypocritical much?”

   “The moment you've been waiting for—the lowdown on the Overstock hottie. I talked to her by phone last week. (Jealous much, gentlemen? Ad Report Card talks to all the fine ladies.)”

   “Well, on the grounds of this, what if I told you the brand's latest launch goes against the latter and instead, is the first product in an opaque lip crème line? Screaming, crying, throwing up, much?”

6. (obsolete)Almost.

pron

1. A large amount or great extent.

   “From those to whom much has been given much is expected.”

   “We lay awake for much of the night.”

   “Much of literature is concerned with stylistics.”

   “She was in second place for much of the race.”

name

1. A surname from German.