many as in a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by `as' or `too' or `so' or `that'

• "amounting to a large but indefinite number"
• "many temptations"
• "the temptations are many"
• "a good many"
• "a great many"
• "many directions"
• "take as many apples as you like"
• "too many clouds to see"
• "never saw so many people"