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TOO MUCH
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
More than necessary
Example:
let's not blame them overmuch
Synonyms:
overmuch; too much
Classified under:
Context examples:
I do not want to say more than is necessary—I am too much ashamed of having given way as I have done, and I dare say you understand me.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
The sight was almost too much for me.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
If you lose too much blood, you may need a transfusion.
(Blood, NIH)
Describes cancer cells that have too much of a protein called HER2 on their surface.
(c-erbB-2 positive, NCI Dictionary)
Too much CA 19-9 in the blood can be a sign of pancreatic cancer or other types of cancer or conditions.
(CA 19-9, NCI Dictionary)
Cancer cells that have too much p-glycoprotein may not be killed by anticancer drugs.
(ATP-Binding Cassette, Sub-Family B, Member 1, NCI Dictionary)
Already they say too much Curupuri live on this place, and they go home.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He picked it up, though its weight was almost too much for his feeble fingers.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
The father would have been too much for him, he felt sure.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
They talk and laugh a great deal too much for me.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
