Used in a Sentence

much

How to use much in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for much.

Editorial note

I know it's not much consolation, but you just did.

Examples19
Definitions7
Parts of speech3

Quick take

a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of much gathered in one view.

noun

a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"

adjective

(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"

adverb

to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for much.

noun

a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"

adjective

(quantifier used with mass nouns) great in quantity or degree or extent; "not much rain"; "much affection"; "much grain is in storage"

adverb

to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now"

adverb

very; "he was much annoyed"

adverb

to a very great degree or extent; "I feel a lot better"; "we enjoyed ourselves very much"; "she was very much interested"; "this would help a great deal"

adverb

(degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time"; "practically everything in Hinduism is the manifestation of a god"

adverb

frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much"

Example sentences

1

I know it's not much consolation, but you just did.

2

If you delay it, it'll be ten times as much work as just doing it correctly up front.

3

So thank you Paul for spending so much time making Hacker News such a great place to visit each day.

4

And you know as well as I do how surprising that is, because they don't "get" much of anything, really.

5

Everything Steve says about Amazon is true, only, it was much worse.

6

Managers/founders of most companies are pretty dipshit - how is it that they can own so much more stock?

7

I mean, they're still afraid of that; it's pretty much part of daily life there, working for the Dread Pirate Bezos and all.

8

This didn't seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and had done nothing but kick ass and take names.

9

Their pay and benefits suck, although much less so lately due to local competition from Google and Facebook.

10

As PG's wife, I think I am the only person who knows exactly how much time, energy and thought he devoted to Hacker News.

11

People have often speculated about how much cheaper launch services might be if they were in the private sector -- now we can find out. The preliminary signs are very good.

12

My default response to any "good programmer, bad programmer" post:A smart accountant once told me that the answer to "How much money did you make?

13

With a little schooling you can get into various Finance, Scientific or Engineering disciplines without too much fuss.

14

Microsoft was weird in a sort of cult like way, and had its own management problems, but was much more enjoyable... and really treated their employees a whole lot better.

15

However much you might want to hear Alexander account for the activities of the NSA, the NSA itself is not the real oversight mechanism for the NSA!

16

I would be very depressed on projects, make slow progress, at times get into a mode where I was much of the time pretending progress simply because I could not bring myself to do the work.

17

Although snarky comments themselves are the most obvious symptom, I suspect that voting is on average dumber than commenting, because it requires so much less work.

18

And their operations are a mess; they don't really have SREs and they make engineers pretty much do everything, which leaves almost no time for coding - though again this varies by group, so it's luck of the draw.

19

Why don't we let Reddit be Reddit, and HN be HN?Why would I want HN to be a megaphone for Famous Joe Blow X when I'd much rather have him actively participating and helping out in the threads with the rest of us?This is a very bad idea in my opinion.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use much in a sentence?

I know it's not much consolation, but you just did.

What does much mean?

a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity"

What part of speech is much?

much is commonly used as noun, adjective, adverb.