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many

If you have a great number of refrigerator magnets, you have many of them. Many means "a lot of items."

Many can be traced back to the Welsh word mynych meaning "frequent." To get many of something, you do something frequently, or often, like having many miles on a car because you often drive it long distances. If you ask, "How many people will be at the party?" you want to know the number of guests who are expected. If the answer is "many," you know there will be numerous people, though you haven't been given an exact figure.

DEFINITIONS OF: many

1

adj a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number

“many temptations”
“the temptations are many”
“a good many”
“a great many”
“many directions”
“take as many apples as you like”
“too many clouds to see”
“never saw so many people”
Synonyms
galore
in great numbers
many a, many an, many another
each of a large indefinite number
legion, numerous
amounting to a large indefinite number
some
relatively many but unspecified in number
umpteen, umteen
innumerable but many
more
(comparative of `many' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning greater in number
some
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
Antonyms:
few
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `a'; a small but indefinite number
a couple of, a few
more than one but indefinitely small in number
hardly a
very few
fewer
(comparative of `few' used with count nouns) quantifier meaning a smaller number of
some
quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns to indicate an unspecified number or quantity
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