Much vs Primary - What's the difference?
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(label) Large, great.
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*:Thenne launcelot vnbarred the dore / and with his lyfte hand he held it open a lytel / so that but one man myghte come in attones / and soo there came strydyng a good knyghte a moche man and large / and his name was Colgreuaunce / of Gore / and he with a swerd strake at syr launcelot my?tely and he put asyde the stroke
A large amount of.
*1816 , (Jane Austen), :
*:As it was, he did nothing with much zeal, but sport; and his time was otherwise trifled away, without benefit from books or anything else.
*2011 , "Wisconsin and wider", The Economist , 24 February:
*:Unless matters take a nastier turn, neither side has much incentive to compromise.
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*:ye shall not nede to seke hym soo ferre sayd the Kynge / for as I here saye sir Launcelot will abyde me and yow in the Ioyous gard / and moche peple draweth vnto hym as I here saye
*1526 , Bible , tr. (William Tyndale), Matthew VI:
*:When Jesus was come downe from the mountayne, moch people folowed him.
*1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) :
*:There wasn't much people about that day.
*1977 , (Bob Marley), So Much Things to Say :
*:They got so much' things to say right now, they got so ' much things to say.
To a great extent.
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, title= Often; frequently.
A large amount or great extent.
The first in a group or series.
* Bishop Pearson
* John Locke
Main; principal; placed ahead of others.
(geology) Earliest formed; fundamental.
(chemistry) Illustrating, possessing, or characterized by, some quality or property in the first degree; having undergone the first stage of substitution or replacement.
(label) idiopathic
A primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.
The first year of grade school.
A base or fundamental component; something that is irreducible.
The most massive component of a gravitationally bound system.
A primary school.
* 2001 , David Woods, Martyn Cribb, Effective LEAs and school improvement
(ornithology) Any flight feather attached to the manus (hand) of a bird.
A primary colour.
* 2003 , Julie A Jacko, Andrew Sears, The human-computer interaction handbook
(electronics) A directly driven inductive coil, as in a transformer or induction motor that is magnetically coupled to a secondary
(US) To take part in a primary election.
(US, politics) To challenge an incumbent sitting politician for their political party's endorsement to run for re-election, through running a challenger campaign in a primary election
As verbs the difference between much and primary
is that much is while primary is (us|intransitive) to take part in a primary election.As an adjective primary is
the first in a group or series.As a noun primary is
a primary election; a preliminary election to select a political candidate of a political party.much
English
(wikipedia much)Determiner
Usage notes
* is now generally used with uncountable nouns. The equivalent used with countable nouns is many. In positive contexts, much'' is widely avoided: ''I have a lot of''' money'' instead of ''I have '''much''' money''. There are some exceptions to this, however: ''I have '''much hope for the future. * Unlike many determiners, .)Synonyms
* (informal) a great deal of, (informal) a lot ofAntonyms
* littleDerived terms
* how much * overmuchAdverb
- They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.
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The new masters and commanders, passage=From the ground, Colombo’s port does not look like much . Those entering it are greeted by wire fences, walls dating back to colonial times and security posts. For mariners leaving the port after lonely nights on the high seas, the delights of the B52 Night Club and Stallion Pub lie a stumble away.}}
Usage notes
* As a verb modifier in positive contexts, must be modified by another adverb: I like fish very much''''', ''I like fish '''so much''''', etc. but not *''I like fish '''much . * As a comparative intensifier, many'' can be used instead of ''much'' if it modifies the comparative form of ''many'', i.e. ''more'' with a countable noun: ''many''' more people'' but '''''much more snow .Synonyms
* (to a great extent) (informal) a great deal, (informal) a lot, greatly, highly, (informal) loads, plenty , very muchAntonyms
* (to a great extent) less, little, fewPronoun
(English Pronouns)- From those to whom much''' has been given '''much is expected.
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*primary
English
(wikipedia primary)Adjective
(en adjective)- Children attend primary school, and teenagers attend secondary school.
- the church of Christ, in its primary institution
- These I call original, or primary , qualities of body.
- Preferred stock has primary claim on dividends, ahead of common stock.
Derived terms
* primarily * primary care * primary color, primary colour * primary producer * primary research * primary school * primary sourceSee also
* first * primus inter pares * secondary (2) * tertiary (3) * quaternary (4)Noun
(primaries)- Excellence in Cities offers a further development of this approach, whereby secondary schools operate with small clusters of primaries as mini-EAZs.
- By adding and subtracting the three primaries , cyan, yellow, and magenta are produced. These are called subtractive primaries.