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? — rmdas

    ruСколько денег вы хотите? — Selena777

    deWie viel Geld möchtest du? — mhr

  2. We all miss you very much.

    Ми всі дуже за тобою сумуємо. — deniko

    ruМы все очень по тебе скучаем. — odexed

    deWir vermissen dich alle sehr. — al_ex_an_der

  3. How much was the additional charge?

    І яка додаткова плата? — ChickenKiev

    ruИ какова дополнительная плата? — Hellerick

  4. Yes, I like it very much.

    Так, це мені дуже подобається. — anastasishko

    ruДа, мне это очень нравится. — marafon

    deJa, ich mag es sehr. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. How much is the whole package?

    Скільки за весь пакет? — uaspeaker

    ruСколько за весь пакет? — timsa

    deWie viel kostet das ganze Paket? — human600

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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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
much — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto