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| many a |
| 1. det. (poetic) Many, a plentiful supply of. |
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| Analysis |
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| many |
| 1. det. An indefinite large number of. |
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| many people enjoy playing chess; there are many different ways to cook a meal |
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| 2. pron. A collective mass of people. |
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| Democracy must balance the rights of the few against the will of the many |
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| A great many do not understand this. |
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| a |
| 1. art. One; any indefinite example of; used to denote a singular item of a group. |
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| There was a man here looking for you yesterday. |
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| 2. art. Used in conjunction with the adjectives score, dozen, hundred, thousand, and million, as a function word. |
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| I've seen it happen a hundred times. |
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| 3. art. One certain or particular; any single.Brown, Lesley, (2003) |
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