📖 Определения и значения для слова many
📒 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’.
- We don't have very many copies left.
- You can't have one each. We haven't got many.
- Many people feel that the law should be changed.
📒 used with a plural verb to mean ‘most people’
- a government which improves conditions for the many
📒 used with a singular noun and verb to mean ‘a large number of’
- Many a good man has been destroyed by drink.
📒 used to show surprise that the number of people or things involved is so large
- There were as many as 200 people at the lecture.
📒 to be slightly drunk
📒 used to show that something happens often
- Many's the time I heard her use those words.