Many
WordNet
adjective
(1) 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"
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Etymology
From , , from from . Cognates include West Frisian , Dutch , German ; and Russian , Scottish Gaelic .
Determiner
( more, most)
- An indefinite large number of.
- Many people enjoy using dictionaries
- There are many different ways to define a word
- A collective mass of people.
- Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many
- A great many do not understand this.
- An indefinite large number of people or things.
- Many are called, but few are chosen.
Quotations
- 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...