many

CEFRA1

/ˈmɛni/

determiner · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    determiner

    A large number of people or things.

  2. 02

    determiner

    Extra detail

    A large, indefinite number of people or things.

Examples

  • How many close friends do you have?

  • There are many words that I don't understand.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

determiner

Extra meanings

  1. before a countable noun: A large, indefinite number of.

  2. before a countable noun: (in combinations such as 'as many', 'so many', 'this many') Used to indicate, demonstrate or compare the number of people or things.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.

More examples

In context

  • We don't have very many copies left.

  • Not many such people enjoyed playing chess.

  • There are very many different ways to cook a meal.

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Origin

determiner

From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danish mangen (“many”), Faroese mangur (“many”), Icelandic margur (“many”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegi...