much

Senso

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/mʌt͡ʃ/

Etimologia

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.

Frasi

Maybe it was because they moved around so much .

Forse è stato perché si sono mossi così tanto.

The pleasant hours fly by much too soon .

Le ore piacevoli volano troppo presto.

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

Il corpo volante dovuto a quest'uomo molto più di quanto sanno o pensino.

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

Ha fatto così tanta ghostwriting che inizia a sentirsi anche come un fantasma.

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

Gran parte dell'attività economica nella zona è incentrata sull'aria aperta.

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

Se commette un errore di acquisto, non lo influisce molto.

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

Gran parte della musica di William Schmidt è stata influenzata dalla musica jazz e folk.

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

Delonge ha attribuito gran parte del suo successo alla semplicità delle regole.