multitude

[ 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.

  1. the state or character of being many; numerousness.

  2. the multitude, the common people; the masses.

Origin of multitude

1
First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English word from Latin word multitūdō.See multi-, -tude

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2. See crowd1.

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multitude

/ (ˈmʌltɪˌtjuːd) /


noun
  1. a large gathering of people

  2. the multitude the common people

  1. a large number

  2. the state or quality of being numerous

Origin of multitude

1
C14: via Old French from Latin multitūdō

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