much | meaning of much in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary
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.
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.
MUCH definition: great in quantity, measure, or degree. See examples of much used in a sentence.
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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