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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 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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He went on to accuse the conservatives of besieging his government on a multitude of issues.

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Serk contains multitudes: the eldest son of a Korean couple displaced by war, he was raised in Japan, where he was known as Hiroshi.

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Kennedy is on a quest to dismantle a multitude of programs that help keep Americans alive and disease free.

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The department told the BBC that a "multitude of agencies" were involved in the search.

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What stood out most, however, were the scores of shoes, which came to symbolize the fate of Mexico’s vanished multitudes.

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