Being or consisting of a large number of units or individuals; numerous: often used alone, the noun being understood. See many, n.Being one of a large number; belonging to an aggregate or category, considered singly as one of a kind: followed by a, an, or another, used distributively. The phrase many a one, so used, was formerly many one without the article.Being of a certain number, large or small; plural (especially in the phrase the many as opposed to the one): after a term of qualification (as, so, too, and especially how in interrogations): often with the qualified noun omitted: as, how many people were there? how many will go? as many as the room will hold; not so many as before; too many men are dishonest.Much.Such a number indefinitely or distributively: as, he took so many of these, and so many of those, and so many of the others.n. A multitude; a great aggregate; specifically, the mass of people; the generality; the common herd.n. A considerable number: with the indefinite article, and followed by of expressed or understood.n. [The phrase a many (as well as a pretty many) is now rare or colloquial; yet a good many and a great many are still in common use.]n. See meiny.