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   much

   /mʌtʃ/

   determiner

   • 1. a great amount or quantity of: "I didn't get much sleep"

   pronoun

   • 1. a great amount or quantity: "he doesn't eat much"
   • ▪ used to refer disparagingly to someone or something as being a poor specimen: "I'm not much of a gardener"

   adverb

   • 1. to a great extent; a great deal: "did it hurt much?" Similar greatlyto a great extent/degreea great deala lotexceedinglyconsiderablyappreciablydecidedlyindeed
   • ▪ for a large part of one's time; often: "I'm not there much" Similar oftenfrequentlymany timeson many/numerous occasionsrepeatedlyrecurrentlyregularlyhabituallycustomarilyroutinelyusuallynormallycommonlyfor longfor a long timeinformal:a lot

   Word Origin Middle English: shortened from muchel, from Old Englishmicel (see mickle).

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • M

     3

   • U

     1

   • C

     3

   • H

     4

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