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multitude

[ muhl-ti-tood, -tyood ]

noun

  1. a great number; host:

    a multitude of friends.

  2. a great number of people gathered together; crowd; throng.

    Synonyms:

  3. the state or character of being many; numerousness.
  4. the multitude, the common people; the masses.


multitude

/ ˈʌɪˌː /

noun

  1. a large gathering of people
  2. the multitude
    the common people
  3. a large number
  4. the state or quality of being numerous
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of multitude1

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English word from Latin word ܱپūō. See multi-, -tude
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of multitude1

C14: via Old French from Latin ܱپūō
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Synonym Study

See crowd 1.
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Their motivation to garden stems from "a multitude of things," she said.

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Most cities here also lack pet-friendly public spaces, hotels and transport options, presenting a multitude of inconveniences to pet parents.

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Just as emotions are made up of a multitude of signals, so too do they involve various systems all across the brain.

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The discovery of the camp has revived the national debate in Mexico about how to find justice for the country’s multitudes of “disappeared” — now numbering more than 120,000, mostly victims of organized crime.

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In fact, more and more people are tuning out the news completely to avoid feeling lousy from the chaotic directives from the Oval Office and multitudes of global crises.

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