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so\ much
I. adj
1. A limited amount of; some.

Sometimes students wonder if the teacher knows they have only so much time to do their lessons.

If you can't give everyone a full glass of milk, just put so much milk in each glass.

2. Equally or amounting to; only amounting to.
- Often used for emphasis.

Charley spends money as if it were so much paper.

What Mary said was so much nonsense; there wasn't a word of truth in it.

Compare: so many(1)
II. pron
A limited amount; some; a price or amount that is agreed or will be agreed on.

You can do only so much in a day.

Milk costs so much a quart but cream costs so much a pint.

Compare: so many(2)
III.
adv
By that much; by the amount shown; even. - Used with the comparative and usually followed by "the".

I can't go tomorrow. So much the better; we'll go today.

John isn't coming to the picnic. So much the more for us to eat!

So much the worse for you if you break the rules.

Syn.: all the(2)

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