- many⇄adj. consisting of a great number; numerous.
Ex. many years ago. There are many children in the city. - many⇄expr. a good many, a fairly large number.
Ex. A few failed the test but a good many got perfect scores. - many⇄expr. a great many, a very large number.
Ex. A great many gathered at the scene. - many⇄expr. how many, what number of.
Ex. How many days until school is out? - many⇄expr. one too many (for),
a. more than a match for.
Ex. We were one too many for the enemy.
b. too much for one's own good, especially of alcoholic beverage.
Ex. Our friend has had one too many at the party. - many⇄expr. the many,
a. most people.
Ex. The many fail (Tennyson).
b. the common people.
Ex. The folly and foolish self-opinion of the half-instructed many (Samuel Taylor Coleridge). - many⇄many, adjective, more,most,noun.
- many⇄noun 1. a great number.
Ex. many of us. Do you know many of them?
2. a large number of people or things.
Ex. There were many at the dance. Many be called, but few chosen (Matthew 20:16). Never ... was so much owed by so many to so few