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Many \Ma"ny\, a. & pron.

Note: [It has no variation to express degrees of comparison; more and most, which are used for the comparative and superlative degrees, are from a different root.] [OE. mani, moni, AS. manig, m[ae]nig, monig; akin to D. menig, OS. & OHG. manag, G. manch, Dan. mange, Sw. m[*a]nge, Goth. manags, OSlav. mnog', Russ. mnogii; cf. Icel. margr, Prov. E. mort. [root]103.] Consisting of a great number; numerous; not few.

Thou shalt be a father of many nations.
--Gen. xvii. 4.

Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called.
--1 Cor. i. 26.

Note: Many is freely prefixed to participles, forming compounds which need no special explanation; as, many-angled, many-celled, many-eyed, many-footed, many-handed, many-leaved, many-lettered, many-named, many-peopled, many-petaled, many-seeded, many-syllabled (polysyllabic), many-tongued, many-voiced, many-wived, and the like. In such usage it is equivalent to multi. Comparison is often expressed by many with as or so. ``As many as were willing hearted . . . brought bracelets.''
--Exod. xxxv. 22. ``So many laws argue so many sins.''
--Milton. Many stands with a singular substantive with a or an.

Many a, a large number taken distributively; each one of many. ``For thy sake have I shed many a tear.''
--Shak. ``Full many a gem of purest ray serene.''
--Gray.

Many one, many a one; many persons.
--Bk. of Com. Prayer.

The many, the majority; -- opposed to the few. See Many, n.

Too many, too numerous; hence, too powerful; as, they are too many for us.
--L'Estrange.

Syn: Numerous; multiplied; frequent; manifold; various; divers; sundry.

Wiktionary
multi

Etymology 1 n. (lb en informal paleontology) A multituberculate. Etymology 2

n. (label en informal) (w: Neolamprologus multifasciatus) (gloss: small shell-dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, popular as aquarium fish)

Wikipedia
Multi

Multi is a shortened form of "multiple". It may refer to:

  • Alternate character in online gaming
  • Multi 2 diamonds, a contract bridge convention
  • Multirhyme, a synonym for feminine rhyme used in hip hop music
  • Multi (To Heart), a character from the visual novel and anime series To Heart
  • Multi-touch display
Multi (To Heart)

is a fictional character in Leaf's and Aquaplus' visual novel To Heart. In the visual novel, she is an experimental maid robot, and she made her first appearance as one of the game's ten female main characters. Multi was created by writer Tatsuya Takahashi, who wrote her scenario for the visual novel, and designed by illustrator Tōru Minazuki. She is voiced in Japanese by Yui Horie in the visual novel and anime, and by Lenore Lenore in the English version of the 1999 anime.

Usage examples of "multi".

He admired Townsend's drive and innovation, but Multi Media dwarfed anything they had ever attempted in the past.

But it seems that Townsend was so determined to own Multi Media that he never stopped blinking, and without asking how much Henry Sinclair might be willing to sell the company for, he made an unsolicited offer of $3 billion.

But as for the rest, he warned her, he had never dealt with any of them before he set about raising the three billion for the Multi Media deal.