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adjective

Much adj.

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."

Many in number. (Archaic) "Edom came out against him with much people."

High in rank or position. (Obs.)

adverb

Much adv. To a great degree or extent; greatly; abundantly; far; nearly. "Much suffering heroes." "Thou art much mightier than we." "Excellent speech becometh not a fool, much less do lying lips a prince." "Henceforth I fly not death, nor would prolong Life much." "All left the world much as they found it."

noun

Much n.

A great quantity; a great deal; also, an indefinite quantity; as, you have as much as I. "He that gathered much had nothing over." Note: Muchin this sense can be regarded as an adjective qualifying a word unexpressed, and may, therefore, be modified by as, so, too, very.

A thing uncommon, wonderful, or noticeable; something considerable. "And (he) thought not much to clothe his enemies."

To make much of, to treat as something of especial value or worth.

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"Much" Quotes from Famous Books

... paid the price asked, and received the properly attested documents of sale. Then there was an explosion, I can tell you. England rose! That, the birthplace of the master-genius of all the ages and all the climes—that priceless possession of Britain—to be carted out of the country like so much old lumber and set up for sixpenny desecration in a Yankee show-shop—the idea was not to be tolerated for a moment. England rose in her indignation; and Barnum was glad to relinquish his prize and offer apologies. However, he stood out for a compromise; he claimed a concession—England ...

— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain

... of high degree, So much in love with the vanity And foolish pomp of this world of ours? Or was it Christian charity, And lowliness and humility, The richest and ...

— Autumn Leaves - Original Pieces in Prose and Verse • Various

... be very much pleased," she said. "And so am I, of course." Then, after a moment of reflective abstraction, she asked with sudden eagerness, "How long will ...

— Unleavened Bread • Robert Grant

... want of learning, Mr. Pope makes the following just observation: That there is certainly a vast difference between learning and languages. How far he was ignorant of the latter, I cannot (says he) determine; but it is plain he had much reading, at least, if they will not call it learning; nor is it any great matter if a man has knowledge, whether he has it from one language or from another. Nothing is more evident, than that he had a taste for natural philosophy, mechanics, ancient and modern ...

— The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) - Volume I. • Theophilus Cibber

... Rome, which afflicts with an unceasing yearning those who have lived there many years, when making trial of other countries, painted as his last work in Messina a panel-picture of Christ bearing the Cross, executed in oils with much excellence and very pleasing colour. In it he made a number of figures accompanying Christ to His Death—soldiers, pharisees, horses, women, children, and the Thieves in front; and he kept firmly before his mind the consideration ...

— Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects - Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto • Giorgio Vasari

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