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  • 31many — adj. & n. adj. (more; most) great in number; numerous (many times; many people; many a person; his reasons were many). n. (as pl.) 1 a large number (many like skiing; many went). 2 (prec. by the) the multitude of esp. working people. Phrases and… …

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  • 32many — /ˈmɛni / (say menee) adjective 1. constituting or forming a large number: many people. 2. relatively numerous: six may be too many; as many as seven; how many cups? –pronoun 3. a great or considerable number: many of the chairs; some were bought …

  • 33many — /men ee/, adj., more, most, n., pron. adj. 1. constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people. 2. noting each one of a large number (usually fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained. n. 3. a large or considerable number of persons …

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  • 34many — man•y [[t]ˈmɛn i[/t]] adj. more, most, n. pron. 1) constituting or forming a large number; numerous: many people[/ex] 2) noting each one of a large number (usu. fol. by a or an): For many a day it rained[/ex] 3) a large or considerable number of… …

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  • 35Many — Cet article a pour sujet la commune française nommé Many. Pour une définition du mot « many », voir l’article many du Wiktionnaire …

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  • 36many — determiner, pronoun many of (many of them) USAGE NOTE: The use of the preposition of is necessary when a pronoun follows. When a noun follows, the use of of the limits the meaning we saw many students; we saw many of the students whom we had met… …

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  • 37many — {{11}}many (adj.) O.E. monig, manig many, many a, much, from P.Gmc. *managaz (Cf. O.S. manag, Swed. môngen, O.Fris. manich, Du. menig, O.H.G. manag, Ger. manch, Goth. manags), from PIE *menegh copious (Cf. O.C.S. munogu …

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  • 38many — see many a little makes a mickle many a mickle makes a muckle there’s many a slip between cup and lip many are called but few are chosen many hands make light work there’s many a good tune played on an old fiddle …

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  • 39many a — adjective each of a large indefinite number (Freq. 6) many a man many another day will come • Syn: ↑many an, ↑many another • Similar to: ↑many * * * many a …

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  • 40many — I. adjective (more; most) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English manig; akin to Old High German manag many, Old Church Slavic mŭnogŭ much Date: before 12th century 1. consisting of or amounting to a large but indefinite number < worked for&#8230; …

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