much

Betekenis

Det

1. A large amount of.
2. Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.
3. A great number of; many (people).
4. many ( + plural countable noun).

Adj

1. (obsolete) Large, great.
2. (obsolete) Long in duration.

Adv

1. To a great extent.
2. Often; frequently.
3. Used to indicate or compare extent.
4. (slang) Combining with an adjective or (occasionally) a noun, used in a rhetorical question to mock someone for having the specified quality.
5. (obsolete) Almost.

Pron

A large amount or great extent.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mʌt͡ʃ/

Etimologie

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.
cognates
Cognate with Scots mickle, mukill, mekil, mikil (“big, large, great, much”), Middle Dutch mēkel (“great, many, much”), Middle High German michel ("great, many, much"; > German michel (“great, big, large”)), Norwegian Bokmål mye (“much”), Norwegian Nynorsk mykje (“much”), Swedish mycket (“much”), Danish meget (“much”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌺𐌹𐌻𐍃 (mikils, “great, many”), Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas, “large, great”), Modern Greek μεγάλος (megálos, “large, great”).
Note that English much is not related to Spanish mucho, and their resemblance in both form and meaning is purely coincidental, as mucho derives from Latin multus and is not related to the Germanic forms. Instead, related to Spanish maño.

Sinne

Maybe it was because they moved around so much .

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

The Flying Corps owed to this man much more than they know or think .

He has done so much ghostwriting that he starts to feel like a ghost , too .

Much of the economic activity in the area centers around the outdoors .

If he makes a buying mistake , it doesn't affect him much .

Much of William Schmidt's music was influenced by jazz and folk music .

Delonge attributed much of its success to the simplicity of the rules .