āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
01
āĻ āύā§āĻ, āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāĻāĻāĻž
to a large extent or degree
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I do n't like this movie much.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻāύā§āĻĻ āĻāϰāĻŋ āύāĻžāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
This solution is much better than the last.
āĻāĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύāĻāĻŋ āĻļā§āώā§āϰāĻāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĨ¤
1.2
āĻ āύā§āĻ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϰ
used to emphasize the amount or intensity of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She seemed much pleased with the results.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĢāϞāĻžāĻĢāϞ⧠āĻā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻļāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŽāύ⧠āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.3
āĻ āύā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻŦ
used in rhetorical questions to mock or criticize
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He never helps with chores but complains all the time. Lazy much?
āϏ⧠āĻāĻāύ⧠āĻāϰā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻ
āϞāϏ?
02
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻŽāĻŋāϤ
many times or regularly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She visits her grandparents much.
āϏ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻĻāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
2.1
āĻ āύā§āĻ, āĻā§āĻŦ
for a considerable length of time
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I did n't get to study much before noon.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻā§ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻļā§āύāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋāύāĻŋāĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ
nearly or approximately in a certain way or condition
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their house is much the way it was when they bought it.
āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāύā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01
āĻ āύā§āĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖ
used to refer to a large degree or amount of a thing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was n't much news in the paper today.
āĻāĻāĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϤā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāϰ āĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
01
āĻ āύā§āĻ, āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§
a great deal of something, usually in a negative or neutral context
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was n't much left after the party.
āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ
āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
1.1
āĻ āύā§āĻ āύāĻž, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āύāĻž
used disparagingly to describe someone or something as lacking qualities or value
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
That movie was not much to write home about.
āϏā§āĻ āϏāĻŋāύā§āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āϞā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻ
āύā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
01
āĻ āϤā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϰ āĻ āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻā§āϤ
more than is expected, needed, or acceptable
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
His demands were considered much by the committee.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ
āϤā§āϝāϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
overmuch
much
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