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mul⋅ti⋅tude

  [muhl-ti-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. a great number; host: a multitude of friends.
2. a great number of people gathered together; crowd; throng.
3. the state or character of being many; numerousness.
4. the multitude, the common people; the masses.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME < L multitūdō. See multi-, -tude

Synonyms:
2. mass. See crowd.
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mul·ti·tude   (mŭl'tĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   
n.  

  1. The condition or quality of being numerous.

  2. A very great number.

  3. The masses; the populace: the concerns of the multitude.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin multitūdō, from multus, many; see mel-2 in Indo-European roots.]
Synonyms: These nouns all denote a very great number of people or things. Multitude is the most general term: a multitude of reasons.
Host and legion both stress impressively, sometimes countlessly large numbers: a host of ideas; a legion of complaints.
Army emphasizes order and often purposeful association: an army of ants.
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Word Origin & History

multitude 
c.1325, from L. multitudimen (nom. multitudo, gen. multitudinis) "a great number, crowd," from multus "many, much" + suffix -tudo.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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