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| English Dictionary: multitude |
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| 2 results for multitude |
| From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: |
- multitude
- n
- a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a
multitude of TV antennas"; "a plurality of religions"
Synonym(s): battalion, large number, multitude, plurality, pack
- a large gathering of people
Synonym(s): multitude, throng, concourse
- the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
Synonym(s): multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Multitude \Mul"ti*tude\, n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo,
multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.]
1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous
collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them. --Matt. ix.
36.
2. A great number of persons or things, regarded
collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of
people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.
It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they
uttery neglect method in their harangues. --I.
Watts.
A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on
high. --Longfellow.
3. The state of being many; numerousness.
They came as grasshoppers for multitude. --Judg. vi.
5.
{The multitude}, the populace; the mass of men.
Syn: Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm;
populace; vulgar. See {Throng}.
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