ALL meanings of many
man·y
M m - adjective many constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people. 1
- adjective many noting each one of a large number (usually followed by a or an): For many a day it rained. 1
- noun many a large or considerable number of persons or things: A good many of the beggars were blind. 1
- noun many the many, the greater part of humankind. 1
- adjective many a large number of sthg 1
- pronoun many many people or things 1
- noun many A large number of. 1
- noun many A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd. 0
- noun many A considerable number. 0
- pronoun many A collective mass of people. 0
- pronoun many An indefinite large number of people or things. 0
- determiner many An indefinite large number of. 0
- determiner many You use many to indicate that you are talking about a large number of people or things. 0
- determiner many Many is also a pronoun. 0
- determiner many Many is also a quantifier. 0
- determiner many Many is also an adjective. 0
- adverb many You use many in expressions such as 'not many', 'not very many', and 'too many' when replying to questions about numbers of things or people. 0
- predeterminer many You use many followed by 'a' and a noun to emphasize that there are a lot of people or things involved in something. 0
- determiner many You use many after 'how' to ask questions about numbers or quantities. You use many after 'how' in reported clauses to talk about numbers or quantities. 0
- determiner many You use many with 'as' when you are comparing numbers of things or people. 0
- pronoun many You use many to mean 'many people'. 0
- singular noun many The many means a large group of people, especially the ordinary people in society, considered as separate from a particular small group. 0
- determiner many a large number of 0
- determiner many (as pronoun; functioning as plural) 0
- determiner many each of a considerable number of 0
- determiner many a great number of 0
- adjective many consisting of some large, indefinite number (of persons or things); numerous 0
- adjective many relatively numerous (preceded by as, too, etc.) 0
- noun plural many a large number (of persons or things) 0
- pronoun many many persons or things 0