Much
Much is used as an adjective or adverb, but it always means a large quantity, extent, or degree. When something hurts very much, it''s very painful, and when your friend says your gift is very
MUCH definition: great in quantity, measure, or degree. See examples of much used in a sentence.
USAGE: Much • The adverb much is mainly used before comparative adjectives or adjectives with ''too'': He''s much older than she is. The soup was much too salty.
MUCH definition: 1. a large amount or to a large degree: 2. a far larger amount of something than you want or need. Learn more.
You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with ''so'', ''too'', and ''very'', and in negative clauses with
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