Definitions
A large amount; to a great degree
Word origin
From Middle English muche (“much, great”), apocopated variant of muchel (“much, great”), from Old English myċel, miċel (“big, much”), from Proto-West Germanic *mikil, from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz (“great, many, much”), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- (“big, stour, great”). See also mickle, muckle.
Used in a sentence
“Do you think I have much chance of catching the train on time?”
“After much discussion, we decided to set about the task with much enthusiasm.”
“Did you do much running last summer?”
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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“A lot”4 letters
02“A great deal”4 letters
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