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many

/ˈmæni/
Meanings
  • Adjective

    A large number of objects or people.

    - "The crowd was many."
    - "There were many applicants for the job."
    - "The library had many books."
  • Noun

    Plural form of the number one.

    - "One plus one makes many."
    - "Each student received many prizes."
    - "Many is the number of letters in the word 'world'."
Pronunciation
  1. /ˈmɛni/



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Antonyms

few
Synonyms

abundance , buttload , deal , crowd , mob , multiple , several
Rhymes
Words rhyming with many
can't , pan , vain , rain , gain
Homophones
Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

  1. man

  2. may

  3. mai

  4. mate

Variants
List of all variants of many that leads to same result
as many , many , more , most , many-sided , many-sidedness , many-sidednesses , many-valued , many a , many a/an , many an , many and various , many hands make light work , many moons , many's the , many's the time
Forms
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many, more, most

Etymology
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Old English 'manig', from 'man' meaning 'person'.

Trivia
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  1. The word 'many' is the plural form of the number 'one'.

  2. In mathematics, 'many' is used to represent an infinite number of items.

  3. The word 'many' has been used in the titles of several songs, including 'Many Rivers to Cross' by Jimmy Cliff and 'Many Moons' by Paul McCartney.

Related Concepts
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  1. multitude: A very large number of people or things.

  2. plurality: The quality or state of being plural or having more than one.

Culture
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In literature, 'many' is often used to emphasize the vastness or abundance of something. For example, in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', Lady Macbeth says, 'Come, you spirits / That tend on mortal injury, come, whom we / With poison do injure: rather say with me / You do right.', indicating a large number of malevolent spirits. In music, 'Many' is the title of a song by the band Rush from their 1975 album 'Fly by Night'.

How to Memorize "many"

  1. visualize

    - Imagine a large crowd or a pile of objects to remember the meaning of 'many'.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'many' with the number '10' or '100' to help remember its meaning.

  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the phrase 'M-A-N-Y' to remember the meaning of 'many': 'M' for 'Much', 'A' for 'Abundance', 'N' for 'Numerous', and 'Y' for 'Yield'.

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