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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "make one's money go a long way",
"word": "få mye for pengene"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "get one's money worth"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "get much for the money",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "get value for money"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "enough is as good as a feast",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "for mye og for lite skjemmer alt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "make too much fuss of",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "gjøre for mye ut av"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "not much to cheer about",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "ikke mye å rope hurra for"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "be hardly able/unable to believe one's ears",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "man skal høre mye før ørene faller av"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "give him an inch and he'll take a mile",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "mye vil ha mer"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "as much as you like",
"word": "så mye du vil"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "as much as you want"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "without so much as a",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "uten så mye som å takke"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "non",
"3": "mykit"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse mykit",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "mikit"
},
"expansion": "mikit",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "mikill",
"3": "",
"4": "big, large, great"
},
"expansion": "mikill (“big, large, great”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mikilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mikilaz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*meǵh₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "meget"
},
"expansion": "Danish meget",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mycket"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mycket",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mikill"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mikill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "much"
},
"expansion": "English much",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill (“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål and Danish meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "mest",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "meste",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"10": "meste",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "indeclinable",
"4": "",
"5": "comparative",
"6": "mer",
"7": "indefinite superlative",
"8": "mest",
"9": "definite superlative"
},
"expansion": "mye (indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "Come on, there's a lot of work to do.",
"text": "Kom an, det er mye arbeid som må gjøres."
},
{
"english": "There are a lot of strange things in the city.",
"text": "Det finnes mye rart i byen."
},
{
"text": "Ble det for mye for deg? = was it too much for you?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, \"small\", \"little\")"
],
"id": "en-mye-nb-adj-Ulo19XgZ",
"links": [
[
"lots",
"lots"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
],
[
"many",
"many"
],
[
"great",
"great"
],
[
"deal",
"deal"
],
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"lite",
"lite"
]
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Much could have been done differently in this case.",
"text": "Mye kunne vært gjort annerledes i denne saken",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal"
],
"id": "en-mye-nb-adj-g9eLX1gV",
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
]
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "My dad is much stronger than yours.",
"text": "Faren min er mye sterkere enn din."
},
{
"english": "That house is much bigger than I had expected.",
"text": "Det huset er mye større enn jeg hadde trodd."
}
],
"glosses": [
"much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb)"
],
"id": "en-mye-nb-adj--0zGpUws",
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"far",
"far"
]
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "Do you jog much in your spare time?",
"text": "Jogger du mye i fritida?"
},
{
"english": "He drinks a lot.",
"text": "Han drikker mye."
}
],
"glosses": [
"much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
],
"id": "en-mye-nb-adj-OYqzuvoJ",
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"great",
"great"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"deal",
"deal"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a verb-modifying adverb"
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²myːə/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "atskillig"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "bråtevis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "god, hel, stor",
"word": "en del"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "en masse"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "fullt av"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "haugevis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "mangt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "av",
"word": "massevis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "mengdevis"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "plenty"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"alt": "av, med",
"word": "rikelig"
}
],
"word": "mye"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"english": "make one's money go a long way",
"word": "få mye for pengene"
},
{
"word": "get one's money worth"
},
{
"english": "get much for the money",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "get value for money"
},
{
"english": "enough is as good as a feast",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "for mye og for lite skjemmer alt"
},
{
"english": "make too much fuss of",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "gjøre for mye ut av"
},
{
"english": "not much to cheer about",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "ikke mye å rope hurra for"
},
{
"english": "be hardly able/unable to believe one's ears",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "man skal høre mye før ørene faller av"
},
{
"english": "give him an inch and he'll take a mile",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "mye vil ha mer"
},
{
"english": "as much as you like",
"word": "så mye du vil"
},
{
"word": "as much as you want"
},
{
"english": "without so much as a",
"tags": [
"literally"
],
"word": "uten så mye som å takke"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
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"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "non",
"3": "mykit"
},
"expansion": "Old Norse mykit",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "mikit"
},
"expansion": "mikit",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "non",
"2": "mikill",
"3": "",
"4": "big, large, great"
},
"expansion": "mikill (“big, large, great”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*mikilaz"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mikilaz",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*meǵh₂-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "da",
"2": "meget"
},
"expansion": "Danish meget",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "mycket"
},
"expansion": "Swedish mycket",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "mikill"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic mikill",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "much"
},
"expansion": "English much",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse mykit, a newer variant of mikit, itself the neuter form of the adjective mikill (“big, large, great”), from Proto-Germanic *mikilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂-. Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål and Danish meget, Swedish mycket, Icelandic mikill and English much.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "mer",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "mest",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"superlative"
]
},
{
"form": "meste",
"tags": [
"definite",
"superlative"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "nb",
"10": "meste",
"2": "adjective",
"3": "indeclinable",
"4": "",
"5": "comparative",
"6": "mer",
"7": "indefinite superlative",
"8": "mest",
"9": "definite superlative"
},
"expansion": "mye (indeclinable, comparative mer, indefinite superlative mest, definite superlative meste)",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"lang_code": "nb",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "Come on, there's a lot of work to do.",
"text": "Kom an, det er mye arbeid som må gjøres."
},
{
"english": "There are a lot of strange things in the city.",
"text": "Det finnes mye rart i byen."
},
{
"text": "Ble det for mye for deg? = was it too much for you?"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Existing in large quantities: lots of, a lot (of), many, a great deal (of), much (antonym to lite, \"small\", \"little\")"
],
"links": [
[
"lots",
"lots"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
],
[
"many",
"many"
],
[
"great",
"great"
],
[
"deal",
"deal"
],
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"lite",
"lite"
]
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Norwegian Bokmål terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "Much could have been done differently in this case.",
"text": "Mye kunne vært gjort annerledes i denne saken",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Used as a noun: much, a lot of (things), a great deal"
],
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
]
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "My dad is much stronger than yours.",
"text": "Faren min er mye sterkere enn din."
},
{
"english": "That house is much bigger than I had expected.",
"text": "Det huset er mye større enn jeg hadde trodd."
}
],
"glosses": [
"much, far, a great deal (in a comparative sense, functions as an adverb)"
],
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"far",
"far"
]
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
},
{
"examples": [
{
"english": "Do you jog much in your spare time?",
"text": "Jogger du mye i fritida?"
},
{
"english": "He drinks a lot.",
"text": "Han drikker mye."
}
],
"glosses": [
"much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
],
"links": [
[
"much",
"much"
],
[
"great",
"great"
],
[
"good",
"good"
],
[
"deal",
"deal"
],
[
"lot",
"lot"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(as a verb-modifying adverb) much, a great deal, a good deal, a lot"
],
"raw_tags": [
"as a verb-modifying adverb"
],
"tags": [
"indeclinable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/²myːə/"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "atskillig"
},
{
"word": "bråtevis"
},
{
"english": "god, hel, stor",
"word": "en del"
},
{
"word": "en masse"
},
{
"word": "fullt av"
},
{
"word": "haugevis"
},
{
"word": "mangt"
},
{
"alt": "av",
"word": "massevis"
},
{
"word": "mengdevis"
},
{
"word": "plenty"
},
{
"alt": "av, med",
"word": "rikelig"
}
],
"word": "mye"
}
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