multitude

  • 11multitude — [n] large group aggregation, army, assemblage, assembly, collection, commonalty, concourse, congregation, crowd, crush, drove, great number, heap, herd, horde, host, infinitude, infinity, jam*, legion, loads, lot, lots*, majority, mass, mob, much …

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  • 12multitude — [mul′tə to͞od΄, mul′tətyo͞od΄] n. [OFr < L multitudo < multus, many: see MULTI ] 1. the quality or state of being numerous, or many 2. a large number of persons or things, esp. when gathered together or considered as a unit; host, myriad,… …

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  • 13multitude — (mul ti tu d ) s. f. 1°   Grand nombre. •   Unité, multitude : en considérant l Église comme unité, le pape quelconque est le chef, est comme tout ; en la considérant comme multitude, le pape n en est qu une partie.... la multitude qui ne se… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 14MULTITUDE — s. f. Grand nombre. Multitude innombrable d hommes, d animaux, de livres. Multitude d objets, de paroles, de choses. Une grande multitude de peuple. Une multitude de spectateurs. MULTITUDE, absolument, se dit d Un grand nombre d hommes. Tout… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 15multitude — [[t]mʌ̱ltɪtjuːd, AM tuːd[/t]] multitudes 1) QUANT: QUANT of pl n A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them. There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along... Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other… …

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  • 16multitude — UK [ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd] / US [ˈmʌltɪˌtud] noun [countable] Word forms multitude : singular multitude plural multitudes a) mainly literary a large crowd of people A cheering multitude greeted the Queen. b) the multitude or the multitudes formal the… …

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  • 17multitude — mul|ti|tude [ˈmʌltıtju:d US tu:d] n [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin multitudo, from multus; MULTI ] 1.) a multitude of sb/sth formal or literary a very large number of people or things ▪ I had never seen such a multitude of stars before …

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  • 18multitude — mul|ti|tude [ mʌltı,tud ] noun count MAINLY LITERARY a large crowd of people: A cheering multitude greeted the team. a. the multitude/multitudes FORMAL the ordinary people who have no power or influence: Can you imagine what effect that will have …

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  • 19multitude — noun (C) 1 a multitude of formal or literary a very large number of people or things: The captain sat before a multitude of dials and levers. | a multitude of possible interpretations 2 the multitude a) ordinary people, especially when they are… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20Multitude — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Multitude >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 multitude multitude Sgm: N 1 numerous numerous &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 numerosity numerosity numerality Sgm: N 1 multiplicity multiplicity Sgm: N 1 profusion …

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