I Mʌtʃ Determiner Pronoun Money Water Cost Amount

• i don't have much money with me.
• ‘got any money?’ ‘not much.’
• how much water do you need?
• how much is it (= what does it cost)?

much

1. used with uncountable nouns, especially in negative sentences to mean ‘a large amount of something’, or after ‘how’ to ask about the amount of something. It is also used with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.
• NOTE AT many
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• I don't have much money with me.
• ‘Got any money?’ ‘Not much.’
• How much water do you need?
• How much is it (= What does it cost)?
• Take as much time as you like.
• There was so much traffic that we were an hour late.
• I've got far too much to do.
• I lay awake for much of the night.
• There was much discussion about the reasons for the failure.
2. the same
• Please help me get this job—you know I would do as much for you.
• ‘Roger stole the money.’ ‘I thought as much.’
3. used to say that something is difficult to do
• No dessert for me, thanks. It was as much as I could do to finish the main course.
4. not fair or not reasonable
• It's a bit much calling me at three in the morning.
• The noise from next door is getting a bit much.
5. to treat something/somebody as very important
• He always makes much of his humble origins.
6. used to say that there is little difference between two things
• I won, but there wasn't much in it (= our scores were nearly the same).
7. not a good…
• He's not much of a tennis player.
8. used to introduce something positive or definite
• I'll say this much for him—he never leaves a piece of work unfinished.
9. a situation or experience that is too difficult to deal with
• It all proved too much for him.

Word Origin

• Middle English: shortened from muchel, from Old English micel ‘great, numerous, much’, of Germanic origin; from an Indo-European root shared by Greek megas, megal-.