Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

very much

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.70 in modern English

Syllables: very -much
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To a very great extent.

adv

Without doubt; indeed.

det

A very large amount of (something stated or implied).

Example Sentences

"His two cousins are very much alike."
"I am very much aware you'd very much like to see me again."
"That town was still very much a simple farming community, but something was very much the matter."
"‘Did you enjoy your meal?’ ‘Very much.’ ‘And did you find it innovative?’ ‘Yes, very much so.’"
"Contrary to recent reports of her death, I can confirm that she is very much alive."
"An apparent first-half spitting contest between Papiss Cissé and Jonny Evans provided unwanted controversy on a night when Ashley Young’s late winner kept Manchester United’s hopes of Champions League qualification very much alive."

Phrases

so much

Frequently Paired Words

so much

Synonyms

badly intensely strikingly acutely awfully almighty impossibly beyond damn drastically exceedingly extraordinarily

Questions

What does very much mean?: To a very great extent.

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