many

Meanings

1. 1
   det

   A large number of (people or things you can count).

   Many people came to the concert on Saturday.

2. 2
   pron

   A large number of people or things.

   Many of the books in the library are very old.

3. 3
   adj

   Existing in large numbers.

   The reasons for her success are many.

Common collocations

• many thanks Adjective + noun
• finitely many Adverb + adjective

From Middle English many, mani, moni, from Old English maniġ, moniġ, maneġ (“many”), from Proto-West Germanic *manag, from Proto-Germanic *managaz (“many; much”), from Proto-Indo-European *menegʰ-, *mengʰ- (“many, sufficient”) or Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂- (“big, great”). Cognates Cognate with Scots mony (“many”), Yola many (“many”), North Frisian manag, manig, mäning (“many”), Alemannic German meng (“many”), Central Franconian mannich, männich (“many”), Dutch menig (“many”), German manch (“many, some”), Low German männich, männig (“many”), Luxembourgish muench, munch, munnech (“many”), Danis…

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