MUCH definition: 1. a large amount or to a large degree: 2. a far larger amount of something than you want or need…. Learn more.

Much is used as an adjective or adverb, but it always means a large quantity, extent, or degree. When something hurts very much, it's very painful, and when your friend says your gift is very much appreciated, she's emphasizing how happy it made her.

1. A large quantity or amount: Much has been written. 2. Something great or remarkable: The campus wasn't much to look at.

MUCH definition: great in quantity, measure, or degree. See examples of much used in a sentence.

You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with 'so', 'too', and 'very', and in negative clauses with this meaning.

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“Much” is used with uncountable nouns, such as “water” or “time,” while “many” is used with countable nouns, like “books” or “apples.” Both words can appear in negative sentences, questions, and formal expressions, but in positive sentences, they are often replaced by “a lot of”.

(in combinations such as 'as much', 'this much') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the quantity of something.

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