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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Many \Ma"ny\, a. & pron.
Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison;
more and most, which are used for the comparative and
superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE.
mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D.
menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw.
m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf.
Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.]
Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.
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Thou shalt be a father of many nations. --Gen. xvii.
4.
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Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not
many noble, are called. --1 Cor. i.
26.
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Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming
compounds which need no special explanation; as,
many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed,
many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named,
many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled
(polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived,
and the like. In such usage it is equivalent to
multi. Comparison is often expressed by many with as
or so. ``As many as were willing hearted . . . brought
bracelets.'' --Exod. xxxv. 22. ``So many laws argue so
many sins.'' --Milton. Many stands with a singular
substantive with a or an.
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Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of
many. ``For thy sake have I shed many a tear.'' --Shak.
``Full many a gem of purest ray serene.'' --Gray.
Many one, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See
Many, n.
Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are
too many for us. --L'Estrange.
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Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various;
divers; sundry.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. ``As many
as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets.'' --Exod. xxxv.
22. ``So many laws argue so many sins.'' --Milton. Many stands
with a singular substantive with a or an.
Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of
many. ``For thy sake have I shed many a tear.'' --Shak.
``Full many a gem of purest ray serene.'' --Gray.
Many one, many a one; many persons. --Bk. of Com. Prayer.
The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See
Many, n.
Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are
too many for us. --L'Estrange.
Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various;
divers; sundry.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
many a
adj : each of a large indefinite number; "many a man"; "many
another day will come" [syn: many a(a), many an(a),
many another(a)]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
many a
alt.
(l en many an) (i: used before a word starting with a vowel sound)
det.
Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an
aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
many a
alt.
(l en many an) (i: used before a word starting with a vowel sound)
det.
Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an
aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
many a
alt.
(l en many an) (i: used before a word starting with a vowel sound)
det.
Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an
aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
many a
alt.
(l en many an) (i: used before a word starting with a vowel sound)
det.
Being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an
aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind.
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
many a
Engelska pron.
(tagg poetiskt språk=en) mången
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
many a /mˈɛni ˈeɪ/
manche, mancher, manches
Synonym: some
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
many a /mˈɛni ˈeɪ/
πολλοί
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
many a /mˈɛni ˈeɪ/
mången, månget
being one of a large number, each one of many; belonging to an aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
许多的，一个又一个的
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
许多
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