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multitude
[
muhl
-ti-tood
,
-tyood
]
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Origin
mul·ti·tude
/
ˈmʌl
tɪˌtud
,
-ˌtyud
/
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[
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;
Middle English
<
Latin
multitūdō.
See
multi-
,
-tude
Synonyms
2.
mass.
See
crowd.
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World English Dictionary
multitude
(ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd)
—
n
1.
a large gathering of people
2.
the multitude
the common people
3.
a large number
4.
the state or quality of being numerous
[C14: via Old French from Latin
multitūdō
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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multitude
early 14c., from L. multitudimen (nom. multitudo, gen. multitudinis) "a great number, crowd," from multus "many, much" + suffix -tudo. Related: Multitudes; multitudinous.
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