man·y
(m
n
)
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
more
(môr, m
r)
KEY
,
most
(m
st)
KEY
- Being one of a large indefinite number; numerous:
many a child; many another day.
- Amounting to or consisting of a large indefinite number:
many friends.
NOUN:
(used with a pl. verb)
- A large indefinite number:
A good many of the workers had the flu.
- The majority of the people; the masses:
"The many fail, the one succeeds"
(Tennyson).
PRONOUN:
(used with a pl. verb)
- A large number of persons or things:
"For many are called, but few are chosen"
(Matthew 22:14).
IDIOM:
as many
- The same number of:
moved three times in as many years.
ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old English
manig; see
menegh- in Indo-European roots
