Pronunciation
How to pronounce “many”
“many” is pronounced /mɛni/ — 2 syllables.
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many
/mɛni/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'man' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number
“many temptations”
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