Usually means: A large, indefinite number of.
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We found 40 dictionaries that define the word many:

General (32 matching dictionaries)
  1. many, the many: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. many: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. many: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. many, the many: Collins English Dictionary
  5. many: Vocabulary.com
  6. Many, Many, many, many, many, many, the many: Wordnik
  7. many: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. Many, many: Wiktionary
  9. many: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. many: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. many: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Many, many, the many: Dictionary.com
  13. many: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. many: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Many, The Many (advertising agency), The Many (novel), The Many: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Many: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. many: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. many: Rhymezone
  19. many: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. many: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. Many: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  22. many, the many: Free Dictionary
  23. many: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. Many, many: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  25. The many, many: Dictionary/thesaurus
  26. many: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. many: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. many: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. many: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. MANY: Acronym Finder
  2. many: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. many: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. The Many, many: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
▸ noun:  A considerable number.
▸ adjective:  Existing in large number; numerous.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ noun:  A town, the parish seat of Sabine Parish, Louisiana, United States.

Similar:
numerous, some, galore, many a, many an, many another, umpteen, umteen, several, countless, more...

Opposite:
few, scarce, limited, sparse, seldom

Types:
few, several, numerous, countless, innumerable, myriad, abundant, copious, more...

Phrases:
so many, how many, the many, too many, many times, more...

Adjectives:
how, one, undiscerning, unpronounced, preface, voluntary, introduction, part, two


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Similar:
numerous, some, galore, many a, many an, many another, umpteen, umteen, several, countless, more...

Opposite:
few, scarce, limited, sparse, seldom

Types:
few, several, numerous, countless, innumerable, myriad, abundant, copious, more...

Phrases:
so many, how many, the many, too many, many times, many more, many a, not many, good many, many an, many another, many worlds, many moons, many sided, many faceted, countably many, many happy returns, as many, more...

Adjectives:
how, one, undiscerning, unpronounced, preface, voluntary, introduction, part, two



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