so much

so much

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[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XIII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:

     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.

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.

so much (not comparable)

1. To such a quantity, degree etc.

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

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

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