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1. a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
1. many temptations
2. the temptations are many
3. a good many
4. a great many
5. many directions
6. take as many apples as you like
7. too many clouds to see
8. never saw so many people