man·y  (m ĕn ē)
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adj. more (môr), most (m ōst) 1. Amounting to or consisting of a large indefinite number: many friends. 2. Being one of a large indefinite number; numerous: many a child; many another day. n. (used with a pl. verb)1. The majority of the people; the masses: "The many fail, the one succeeds" (Tennyson). 2. A large indefinite number: A good many of the workers had the flu. pron. (used with a pl. verb) A large number of persons or things: "For many are called, but few are chosen" (Matthew 22:14). Idiom: as many The same number of: moved three times in as many years.
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