Meaning

6 senses
  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.

    viel

    о́ченьóčenʹ, намно́гоnamnógo, гора́здоgorázdo

    набага́тоnabaháto, бага́тоbaháto

    to a great degree or extent

  2. To a great extent.

    For emphasis or to indicate a great difference

    He is much fatter than I remember him.

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

    viel

    frequently or in great quantities

  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?

  6. (obsolete)Almost.

Examples

19187 sentences
  1. How much money do you want?

    Скільки грошей ти хочеш?

    ruСколько денег вы хотите?

    deWie viel Geld möchtest du?

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  2. We all miss you very much.

    Ми всі дуже за тобою сумуємо.

    ruМы все очень по тебе скучаем.

    deWir vermissen dich alle sehr.

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  3. How much was the additional charge?

    І яка додаткова плата?

    ruИ какова дополнительная плата?

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  4. Yes, I like it very much.

    Так, це мені дуже подобається.

    ruДа, мне это очень нравится.

    deJa, ich mag es sehr.

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  5. How much is the whole package?

    Скільки за весь пакет?

    ruСколько за весь пакет?

    deWie viel kostet das ganze Paket?

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to a great extent:
Русский
By meaning 1
to a great extent:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to a great extent:

Origin

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), f

From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.

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Forms

more, most
Comparativemore Lesson
Superlativemost

irregular

Synonyms

9 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely:practically
  • frequently or in great quantities:a great dealoften

Antonyms

5 antonyms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • as much as
  • much better better
  • how much money
  • how much did
  • much money
  • know how much
  • how much time
  • much time
  • much better
  • much older older
  • much money do
  • much longer

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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