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{
"term": "many",
"partOfSpeech": "determiner, pronoun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "used with plural nouns and verbs, especially in negative sentences or in more formal English, to mean ‘a large number of’. Also used in questions to ask about the size of a number, and with ‘as’, ‘so’ and ‘too’.",
"labels": "British English",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "We don't have very many copies left."
},
{
"text": "You can't have one each. We haven't got many."
},
{
"text": "Many people feel that the law should be changed."
},
{
"text": "Many of those present disagreed."
},
{
"text": "**How many** children do you have?"
},
{
"text": "There are **too many** mistakes in this essay."
},
{
"text": "He made ten mistakes **in as many** *(= in ten)* lines."
},
{
"text": "New drivers have **twice as many** accidents as experienced drivers."
},
{
"text": "Don't take **so many**."
},
{
"text": "I've known her for **a great many** *(= very many)* years."
},
{
"text": "Even if one person is hurt that is **one too many**."
},
{
"text": "It was one of my many mistakes."
},
{
"text": "a many-headed monster"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "used with a plural verb to mean ‘most people’",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a government which improves conditions for the many"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "used with a singular noun and verb to mean ‘a large number of’",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He had not been back there for many a year."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show surprise that the number of people or things involved is so large",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There were as many as 200 people at the lecture."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be slightly drunk",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to show that something happens often",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Many's the time I heard her use those words."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmeni/",
"audio": "ma/many/many__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈmeni/",
"audio": "ma/many/many__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English manig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch menig and German manch."
}