What does “many” mean?
- 1
determinera large number of
Many people work from home now.
- 2
pronouna large number of people or things
Many of my friends live abroad.
Many at a glance
- Part of speech
- determiner & pronoun
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /ˈmɛni/ · MEN-ee
- Forms
- more, most
How to use “many” correctly
Use “many” with plural countable nouns (“many books”) and “much” with uncountable nouns (“much time”).
Common phrases with “many”
- how many
- too many
- so many
- many of
Synonyms, opposites and related words
Antonyms (opposite meaning)
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- any determinerA1some; used in questions and negative sentences
- both determinerA1the two people or things together
- enough determinerA1as much or as many as you need
- every determinerA1all the people or things in a group, considered one by one
- few determinerA1a small number of; some
- more determinerA1a larger number or amount of something
- much determinerA1a large amount of something, used with uncountable nouns