Definition/Meaning of much

• English - Determiner: much ( comparative more , superlative most ) ( obsolete ) Large , great . [12 th -16 th c .] 1485 , Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book XX , chapter iiij: Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore /…
• English - Adverb: much ( comparative more , superlative most ) To a great extent . I don't like fish much . He is much fatter than I remember him . He left her , much to the satisfaction of her other suitor . 1909 , Archibald Marshall , The Squire's Daughter , chapterI: They stayed together during three dances , went out on to the terrace , explored wherever they were permitted to explore , paid two visits to the…
• English - Pronoun: much A large amount or great extent . From those to whom much has been given much is expected .
• Polish - Noun: much genitive plural of mucha
• English - Etymology: From Middle English muche ( “ much , great ” ), apocopated variant of muchel ( “ much , great ” ), from Old English myċel , miċel , micel ( “ large , great , much ” ), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz ( “ great , many , much ” ), from Proto-Indo-European *meǵa- ( “ big , stour , great ” ), *meǵh₂- . See also mickle , muckle .