most
determiner
[ məʊst ]
• greatest in amount, quantity, or degree.
• "they've had the most success"
Similar:
nearly all,
almost all,
the majority,
the bulk,
the lion's share,
the mass,
the preponderance,
most
pronoun
• the greatest amount or quantity.
• "we had the most to lose"
most
adverb
• forming the superlative of adjectives and adverbs, especially those of more than one syllable.
• "the most important event of my life"
• to the greatest extent.
• "the things he most enjoyed"
• extremely; very.
• "it was most kind of you"
• almost.
• "most everyone understood"
Origin:
Old English māst, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch meest and German meist .
-most
suffix
• forming superlative adjectives and adverbs from prepositions and other words indicating relative position.
• "innermost"
Origin:
Old English -mest, assimilated to most.
many
determiner
• a large number of.
• "many people agreed with her"
Similar:
numerous,
a great/good deal of,
a lot of,
a large/great number of,
great quantities of,
plenty of,
countless,
innumerable,
scores of,
crowds of,
droves of,
an army of,
a horde of,
a multitude of,
a multiplicity of,
multitudinous,
numberless,
multiple,
untold,
several,
various,
sundry,
diverse,
assorted,
multifarious,
copious,
abundant,
profuse,
an abundance of,
a profusion of,
frequent,
lots of,
umpteen,
eleventy,
loads of,
masses of,
stacks of,
scads of,
heaps of,
piles of,
bags of,
tons of,
oodles of,
dozens of,
hundreds of,
thousands of,
millions of,
billions of,
zillions of,
shedload,
a slew of,
gazillions of,
bazillions of,
gobs of,
a swag of,
myriad,
divers,
a shitload of,
Origin:
Old English manig, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch menig and German manch .
much
adverb
• to a great extent; a great deal.
• "did it hurt much?"
Origin:
Middle English: shortened from muchel, from Old English micel (see mickle).
