so much

so much

English

Noun

so much (uncountable)

1. A particular amount, often a large or excessive amount.

   How could you eat so much?

   There is only so much you can remember.

   • 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 13, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:

     We tiptoed into the house, up the stairs and along the hall into the room where the Professor had been spending so much of his time.

2. A demonstrated amount.

   "So much", he replied, sprinkling a small pile of the powder on the table.

Adverb

so much (not comparable)

1. To a certain degree or extent

   Identical twins are so much alike, it is difficult to identify them.

   I feel so much better.

Translations

to a certain degree or extent

Aromanian: ahãntu Catalan: tant (ca) Esperanto: tiamaniere French: tellement (fr) Hindi: इतना (hi) (itnā) Ido: tante (io) Italian: così tanto, a tal punto Latin: tantum (la), tantopere Pashto: دومره‎ (ps) (domra) Portuguese: tão (pt) Romanian: foarte mult, atât (ro) Russian: насто́лько (ru) (nastólʹko), вот сто́лько (vot stólʹko) Spanish: tanto (es) m Urdu: اتنا‎ (ur) (itnā) Walloon: télmint (wa)

Adjective

so much (not comparable)

1. To such a quantity, degree etc.

   There has been so much snow, I can't open the door.

Translations

to such a quantity or degree

Aromanian: ahãntu Assamese: ইমান (iman), অত (oto) Catalan: tant (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 這麼多／这么多 (zhème duō) Dalmatian: tuant French: tant (fr), tellement (fr) German: soviel (de) Greek: Ancient: τόσος (tósos) Ido: tanta (io) Italian: tanto (it), tot (it) m Japanese: そんなに (sonna ni), それほど (sore hodo) Latin: tantus (la) Pashto: دومره‎ (ps) (domra) Polish: tyle (pl), aż (pl) Portuguese: tanto (pt) m Romanian: atât (ro) Russian: сто́лько (ru) (stólʹko) Spanish: tanto (es) m Walloon: tant di Zhuang: geijlai

See also

• so many
• so much as
• so much for
• so much so
• so much the better
• only so much

Anagrams

• hocums, smouch