Great in size; big; large.Great in quantity or extent; abundant.Many in number.High in position, rank, or social station; important.[Colloq.]n. A large quantity; a great deal.n. A great, uncommon, or serious thing; something strange, wonderful, or considerable.In a great degree; to a great amount or extent; greatly; far.Very.In this sense much was formerly often used ironically, implying denial.In present use, much or very much corresponds, before a comparative or a superlative with the, to very before a positive: thus, very great, but much or very much greater, much or very much the greatest.Nearly: usually emphasizing the sense of indefiniteness.[The adverb much is very often prefixed to participial forms, etc., to make compound adjectives: as, much- abused, much -enduring, much -debated.]To make much; increase.To make much of; coax; stroke gently.