multitude
a great number; host: a multitude of friends.
a great number of people gathered together; crowd; throng.
the state or character of being many; numerousness.
the multitude, the common people; the masses.
Origin of multitude
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How to use multitude in a sentence
One sift through a litter box can reveal multitudes of issues.
Toilet training your cat isn’t as great as it sounds | Candice Wang | August 27, 2020 | Popular-ScienceNot everyone believed that the opportunities would quickly fizzle, given the severity of the pandemic and the multitude of likely aftershocks.
Each point within these spaces might represent one of a multitude of scenarios that could play out when two particles collide.
The Mathematical Structure of Particle Collisions Comes Into View | Charlie Wood | August 20, 2020 | Quanta Magazine“Olivia has attracted a multitude of celebrities and influencers over the years, including Maya Angelou, Melissa Etheridge, Billie Jean King, Patti LaBelle, Gloria Steinem, Bonnie Raitt, and Lily Tomlin,” Dlugacz said.
They show important facts to users about a particular webpage and can include a multitude of things from reviews to recipes.
His most famous miracle was making a few loaves and fishes feed a multitude.
The music sometimes sounding like the exorcism of a multitude of demons, each one of whom was mightily resisting his expulsion.
“I would build a motor car for the great multitude,” he said.
The multitude of decisions invalidating laws prohibiting same-sex marriage have rested on three different rationales.
Justice Kennedy Opened the Door to Same-Sex Marriage, Will He Walk Through Next? | Geoffrey R. Stone | August 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“Violence cannot be overcome with violence,” Francis told the multitude a week ago.
What Would Jesus Do in Gaza? The Tears of Pope Francis Point the Way | Christopher Dickey | July 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd thou hast delivered me, according to the multitude of the mercy of thy name, from them that did roar, prepared to devour.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousHis largesses were abundant, and the uproar of vehement thanksgiving, was ever on the watch from the venal multitude.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterWe have made several hundreds prisoners, and have killed a multitude of the enemy.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonFor the house is forsaken, the multitude of the city is left, darkness and obscurity are come upon its dens for ever.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousWhat a multitude of strange faces, and still stranger fashions, they would bring again to light!
The World Before Them | Susanna Moodie
British Dictionary definitions for multitude
/ (ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd) /
a large gathering of people
the multitude the common people
a large number
the state or quality of being numerous
Origin of multitude
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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