many betydelse and definition

Betydelse av many på svenska

• 0 used mainly in negative sentences and questions and with "too", "so", and "as" to mean "a large number of":

  • I don't have many clothes.

  • Not many people have heard of him.

  • There aren't very many weekends between now and Christmas.

  • Were there many cars on the road?

  • How many students are there in each class?

  • Many people would disagree with your ideas.

  • Rachel was at the party with her many admirers.

  • I've met him so many times and I still can't remember his name!

  • There are too many people chasing too few jobs.

  • If there are only five of us going to the concert, then I've booked one too many seats.

  • If there were as many women as there are men in parliament, the situation would be very different.

  • As many as (= the surprisingly large number of) 6,000 people may have been infected with the disease.

  • There are already twelve bottles of wine, so if I buy as many again (= another twelve bottles) we'll have enough.

  • A good/great many people who voted for her in the last election will not be doing so this time.

  • She had five children in as many (= in the same number of) years and decided it was enough.

• 1 a large number (of), or a lot (of):

  • Many people bought tickets for the concert.

  • Rachel has so many friends that I couldn’t invite them all.

  • How many years have you worked here?

  • Not everyone could get a seat, and many (of the people) were unhappy with having to stand.