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amount , a·mount / əˈmount/ • n. a quantity of something, typically the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent: the sport gives an enorm… Britain, Ireland, France, and the Low Countries , much / məch/ • adj. & pron. (more / môr/ , most / mōst/ ) a large amount: [as adj.] I did not get much sleep I did so much shopping | [as pron.] he d… great , great often used to indicate status as well as size.
the great and the good people in a given sphere regarded as particularly worthy and admirable; t… Increment , in·cre·ment / ˈingkrəmənt; ˈin-/ • n. an increase or addition, esp. one of a series on a fixed scale: the inmates' pay can escalate in five-cent incr… Considerate , considerate •gamut •imamate, marmot •animate •approximate, proximate •estimate, guesstimate, underestimate •illegitimate, legitimate •intimate •penul… George Byng Viscount Torrington , Byng, George, 1st Viscount Torrington (1664–1733). Byng entered the navy at 14 from a family in straitened circumstances. In 1688, while serving as a…
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