If something does not happen much, it does not happen very often. He said that his father never talked much about the war Gwen had not seen her Daddy all that much, because mostly he worked on the ships Do you get back East much? = often
You use as much in expressions such as `I thought as much' and `I guessed as much' after you have just been told something and you want to say that you already believed or expected it to be true. You're waiting for a woman -- I thought as much
You use much as to introduce a fact which makes something else you have just said or will say rather surprising. Much as they hope to go home tomorrow, they're resigned to staying on until the end of the year
You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change. Much is usually used with `so', `too', and `very', and in negative clauses with this meaning. She laughs too much Thank you very much My hairstyle hasn't changed much since I was five
If one thing is much the same as another thing, it is very similar to it. The day ended much as it began Sheep's milk is produced in much the same way as goat's milk
You use much to indicate that you are referring to a large amount of a substance or thing. They are grown on the hillsides in full sun, without much water The Home Office acknowledges that much crime goes unreported Much is also a pronoun. eating too much and drinking too much There was so much to talk about. little Much is also a quantifier. Much of the time we do not notice that we are solving problems She does much of her work abroad
a great amount or extent; "they did much for humanity" (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely; "much the same thing happened every time" very; "he was much annoyed" to a great degree or extent; "she's much better now" frequently or in great quantities; "I don't drink much"; "I don't travel much
If you say that something is not so much one thing as another, you mean that it is more like the second thing than the first. I don't really think of her as a daughter so much as a very good friend