[Sửa]Horde(s), crowd(s), lot(s), swarm(s),throng(s), mass(es), profusion, multitude(s), abundance, plenty,shoal(s), flock(s), drove(s), torrent(s), flood(s), number(s),score(s), hundred(s), (thousand(s), etc.); Colloq ton(s), scads:A great many will turn out to vote next week. Many are pickedbut few are chosen.
[Sửa]Adj. (more; most) great in number; numerous (manytimes; many people; many a person; his reasons were many).
[Sửa]N.(as pl.) 1 a large number (many like skiing; many went).
[Sửa](prec. by the) the multitude of esp. working people.
[Sửa]As manythe same number of (six mistakes in as many lines). as manyagain the same number additionally (sixty here and as many againthere). be too (or one too) many for outwit, baffle. a good(or great) many a large number. many-sided having many sides,aspects, interests, capabilities, etc. many-sidedness n. thefact or state of being many-sided. many's the time often(many's the time we saw it). many a time many times. [OEmanig, ult. f. Gmc]