many

/ˈmɛni/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈmɛni/

many

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: IPA vowel pattern
Ending: Final y vowel sound

ma - ny -> many

Myanmar meaning

(det) များပြားသောရေအတွက်

Full entry

many /'meni/ indef det, indef pron (used with plural ns and vs )

၁။ များပြားသောအရေအတွက်။ အများ။
(က) (det ): Many people agree with pri-vatization. ❍ Were there many pictures by wo-men artists? ❍ How many children have you got? ❍ There are too many mistakes in this essay. ❍ He made ten mistakes in as many (ie ten) lines. (ခ) (pron ) အများ။ များများ။ Many of the plants had died. ❍ Did you know many of the people at the conference? ❍ How many do you want? (ဂ) (used in compound adjs ) အများ။ a many-sided/many-faceted problem ❍ a many - headed monster. ❍ MUCH indef det, indef pron
၂။ many a (fml ) (used with a singular n and a singular v ) အများအပြား။ အမြောက်အမြား။ Many a young person has experimented with drugs. ❍ I've been there many a time.
❏ as many as… [IDM ] (အရေအတွက် များလွန်းသဖြင့် အံ့ဩသည့်အခါမျိုး၌ သုံးသည်။ ) လောက်တောင်။ There were as many as 200 people at the lecture.
❏ a good/great many [IDM ] တော်တော်များများ။ I've known him for a good many years.
❏ have had one too many [IDM ] (infml ) ရေချိန်လွန် သွားသည်။
❏ the many n [pl v ] လူများစု။ အများစု။
a government which improves conditions for the many. Compare THE FEW
❏ many's the sb/sth who/that… [IDM ] အများ။ အများအပြား။ Many's the promise that has been broken. (Compare: Many a promise has been broken. ) ❍ Many's the time (that) I heard him use those words.

More examples

Did you get many responses to your advertisement?
I haven’t told many people that I am pregnant.
I’ve been to their house many times.
In many cases workers were being employed without a written contract.
Dervla Murphy’s latest book describes her many adventures in Nepal.
The news will bring joy to many.
[many of] : Many of the world’s leading doctors have been trained here in Edinburgh.
[too many] : There are too many rules and regulations.
[a good many] : We’ve lived here for a good many years.
[many many] : It all happened many many years ago.
[a great many] : He was asked a great many questions and answered them all.
[not very many] : Not very many companies can afford the high cost of introducing new technology.
[many a] : No doubt she had many a tale to tell of the old days.
[many hundreds/thousands/millions] : Many thousands of animals died in the floods.
[so many] : The scientists have been proved wrong so many times that people no longer believe them.
I don’t see why the many should suffer because of the few idiots who cause trouble.

Synonyms

a lot of, lots of, numerous, loads of, countless, several, various, scores of, a lot, abounding, abundant, alive with, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crowded, divers, frequent, gobs, heaps, horde, innumerable, jillion, large numbers, legion, loads, lots, lousy with, manifold, mass, masses, much, multifarious, multifold, multiplied, multitude, multitudinous, myriad, no end of, numberless, oodles, piles, plentiful, plenty, populous, prevalent, profuse, rife, scads, scores, sundry, teeming, thousands, throng, tons, umpteen, uncounted, varied, voluminous, whole slew

Antonyms

few, handful, not many, not too many, scarce, slim pickings, small number, smatter