Much is used as an adjective or adverb, but it always means a large quantity, extent, or degree.
When something hurts very much, it's very painful, and when your friend says your gift is very.
Much • the adverb much is mainly used before comparative adjectives or adjectives with 'too':
He's much older than she is.
The soup was much too salty.
The meaning of much is great in quantity, amount, extent, or degree.
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Definition of much determiner in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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Great in quantity, measure, or degree.
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A large amount or to a large degree:
A far larger amount of something than you want or need.
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You use much to indicate the great intensity, extent, or degree of something such as an action, feeling, or change.
Much is usually used with 'so', 'too', and 'very', and in negative clauses with.