multitude : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: multitude	by the DICT Development Group
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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Multitude \Mul"titude\, 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}.