Many | Mean of many in English Dictionary

/ˈmɛni/

• a large number of people or things
1. Some people will come, but many [=many people] will not.
2. The medicine has helped many with the disease.
3. Many of his friends never went to college.
4. I know some of the people here, but not (very) many of them.
5. Far/All too many have died in this war.
6. A lot of people have tried to climb the mountain, but a great/good many of them have failed.
7. I wanted a dozen, but they didn't have that many. = They didn't have as many as that. [=they had fewer than a dozen]
• the great majority of people
1. policies that help the privileged few at the expense of the many