/mʌtʃ/
Translation
A large amount of something that cannot be counted.
Word origin
From Old English mycel, meaning great or large in amount, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- mycel
Examples
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"Much" is used for an amount you cannot count.
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"Much" is used to ask about an amount.
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"Much" shows a small amount of an uncountable thing.
Used in
Stories
(12)A New Day
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The New House
2 min read · Core 1000
A Day at the Farm
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At the Doctor
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Market Day
3 min read · Core 1000
Market Morning
3 min read · Core 1000
The Late Bus
3 min read · Core 1000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
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Two Tickets to Paris
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Grammar articles
(22)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Cleft sentences in English: it was X who, what I need is, and how to move the emphasis
Comparatives and superlatives in English: the complete guide
Countable and uncountable nouns in English: advice, information, news and the ones you simply have to learn
For, since, already, yet and still in English: which word, and where it goes in the sentence
English grammar test: 30 questions with answers (A2-B2)
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Indirect questions in English: Could you tell me where the station is, and the word order that goes with it
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Irregular verbs in English: the full list by pattern
Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
Present perfect continuous: have been doing, and how it differs from the present perfect
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many and more
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Reporting verbs in English: admit, deny, suggest, promise, and the pattern welded to each one
So, such, too and enough in English: words of degree and result
The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Time clauses in English: when, while, as soon as, until, before and after
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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