Meaning of many in English:

many

Pronunciation /ˈmɛni/

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determiner & adjectivedeterminer more, determiner most

A large number of.
as determiner ‘many people agreed with her’
- ‘it was one of my many errors’
- ‘the possibilities are many’
- ‘These parties may win many of their votes on the race issue, but they win very few votes.’
- ‘Over the years, many of those who used to be members have died or live in care homes.’
- ‘Over the past few weeks he has appeared in many of the smaller venues where he started out.’
- ‘Irrespective of that fact, the message of the time is that too many of us use the car too much.’
- ‘It was a time when many of his old so-called friends had dropped him like a hot potato.’
- ‘The council plans to bring in a private partner to run and manage many of its buildings.’
- ‘Worst of all, these were the very questions on the minds of many of the public back home.’
- ‘He is also an expert in solar technology and many of the bus stops will run on solar and wind power.’
- ‘Most of the hard work was done by women, since many of the men had gone off to find employment.’
- ‘You may have weapons he seems to say, but we are still men and there are many of us.’
- ‘At least two of them tend to accompany me on many of my journeys beyond these walls.’
- ‘I can warn you now that many of you are not going to like what I'm going to do with the place.’
- ‘Cycling can and should be used when possible but for many it is simply not a viable option.’
- ‘There is a long way to go yet with these proposals, and possibly many changes to be made.’
- ‘They say the measure of the man is in the number and quality of friends he keeps and John had many.’
- ‘Many errors do not cause harm, but in many ways these are as important as those that do.’
- ‘It is here that many people come as they prepare for their leap of faith across the border.’
- ‘From the point of view of the individual, trial by jury is a good thing for many reasons.’
- ‘The hunt ride was a fixture of the event many years ago, but was reinstated this year.’
- ‘Towneley is the largest of Burnley's many parks and is a jewel in the crown of the town.’
numerous, a good deal of, a great deal of, a lot of, a great number of, a large number of, great quantities of, plenty of, countless, innumerable, scores of, crowds of, droves of, an army of, a horde of, a multitude of, a multiplicity of, multitudinous, numberless, multiple, untold
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pronoun

A large number of people or things.
‘it could be the solution to many of our problems’
- ‘many think it is a new craze’

plural noun

the many

The majority of people.
‘their vision is that trade is in the interest of the many, not the few’
- ‘music for the many’
- ‘This is an incredible case of where the needs of the many are trampled on for the needs of the one.’
- ‘It would be done not only by the cheques of a few, but by the pence of the many, he said.’
- ‘Troy depicts a war fought for the gain of the few and paid for in the blood and tears of the many.’
the people, the common people, the masses, the multitude, the majority, the populace, the public, the rank and file, the crowd, the commonalty, the commonality
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Phrases

a good many

A large number of people of things.
‘a good many of their dresses and suits are handmade’
- ‘Johnson then went on to echo the thoughts of a great many at the time, even if their celebrations have proven a tad premature.’
- ‘Some people may indeed be educated but a great many more will be excited while others will be frightened and disturbed.’
- ‘I am sure that a great many of Wiltshire's citizens would be interested to hear if any positive action is to be taken.’
- ‘So strong is the state of mind that a great many of the acts of bias, perhaps the majority of them, are quite unconscious.’
- ‘With his encouragement and praise, a great many of his friends and family learned to water-ski.’
- ‘It was completely inadequate and I'm going to make a great many more of them.’
- ‘The problem is that while there are a great many of them, they simply don't spend money like young people do.’
- ‘He may feel that they have suffered great injustice, which a great many of them have.’
- ‘Of course, a great many of today's top entertainment types started out in street theatre.’
- ‘While she was never married and had no children of her own, she mothered a great many.’

as many

The same number of.
‘changing his mind for the third time in as many months’
- ‘This is the third time we have met in as many months, but there is always a lot to talk about.’
- ‘This is the fourth time in just about as many months that the glass has been smashed by vandals.’
- ‘It is the second time a poll on the matter has been called for in as many months.’
- ‘The firm backed down and decided to give the pub its third name in as many weeks.’
- ‘It is the third time in as many years that ownership of the prime precinct has changed.’
- ‘There were as many of them as there were of us and for a while it seemed pretty laid back.’
- ‘Vale kept up the pressure and two goals in as many minutes put them firmly in the driving seat.’
- ‘It's the second time in as many weeks that someone has asked me to play a zombie in a film or show.’
- ‘From Cnidos you could tick off three of the wonders of the world in almost as many days.’

as many as

Used to show surprise at how large a number of people or things is.
- ‘apartment blocks with as many as five hundred rooms’

have one too many

informal

Become slightly drunk.
- ‘They go out on the town, he has one too many and is picked up by Michelle's character, Cyrenne.’
- ‘We had been out the night before and probably had one too many.’
- ‘According to research by Virgin Mobile, out of the 60 million texts sent daily in December, 15 million of them are sent by people who have had one too many.’
- ‘At this particular event, one British woman had one too many, as it were.’
- ‘York landlords could soon be fined for serving people who have had one too many.’
- ‘If you start losing too much too quickly, many poker sites will crack down with the vigilance of a watchful bartender who cuts you off after you've had one too many.’
- ‘It was obvious he had already had one too many to drink tonight.’
- ‘This is an eye-opener of a place that looks like the architect got a job lot of steel, had one too many and then set about designing it.’
- ‘I only had one drink, but this man got sick on me - he'd obviously had one too many or else he couldn't hold his liquor.’
- ‘Trouble is, if you rang Essex police to say you'd had one too many for the road, they wouldn't give you a tow.’

many a —

A large number of.
‘many a good man has been destroyed by booze’
- ‘John and I have talked about it many a time’
- ‘The sure-footed animal was easily kept and many a child owed its life to the milk of the humble goat.’
- ‘Most of the SUVs sport luxurious interiors, which would put many a family car to shame.’
- ‘Some had mist-filled eyes while many a countenance went white as a sheet of paper.’
- ‘And they do it at great personal risk and with a view to saving many a precious life.’
- ‘Clearly, Bristol is the place to be, these days, home to many a fine writer.’
- ‘His kids will be crying as much as mine for many a Christmas to come.’
- ‘He has a great voice, really excellent, and he's captured the attention of many a busy pub with his singing.’
- ‘As for the need to repay one of Ireland's richest men, it can only be assumed that he has granted many a favour down the years.’
- ‘Room On The 3rd Floor is going to be the soundtrack to many a teenager's school holiday.’
- ‘As a proportion of the electorate, they have a mandate so feeble it would make many a local councillor blush.’

many's the —

Used to indicate that something happens often.
‘many's the time I've slept on her sofa’
- ‘And she's right, of course, a lot of people do have stories to tell from their early days - many's the time I've been regaled by tales of being dropped by a major by the chap I'm buying shoelaces off of.’
- ‘Before he became a major romantic poet, and before he met his lifelong pal Chapman, Keats, like many's the young writer before him and since, worked for a time in a bar in Paris.’
- ‘When I campaigned to have football's maximum wage abolished back in the 1960s, many's the letterbox I had to dump my load through to press home our point.’
- ‘Jane Eyre gave me the creeps, too; many's the night I've awoken in a cold sweat from a dream in which a madwoman torches the attic above my sleeping head.’
- ‘She knows she doesn't have to ring the doorbell before she comes in, and many's the time I have been woken by her as she travels to her surgery in the morning.’
- ‘As you might imagine, many's the time I have been stopped by a well-wisher keen to thank me for boosting the cultural capital of this city.’
- ‘As I had been offered many's the drink the night before, I offered around my figs and apricots.’
- ‘I've worked for many years in the tightfisted business of newspapers and magazines, and many's the year that I haven't gotten a 3% raise.’
- ‘Cars were still relatively new and many's the tale I've heard of wagons laden with hand-picked cotton that were so heavy the mules strained to pull the enormous load.’
- ‘Congratulations on your superb site; many's the time you've made me laugh when I've been down, and I've always appreciated it.’