Meaning of multitude | Babel Free
ˈmʌltɪtjuːdDefinitions
- A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
- A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion
- The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
- The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace
- a great number or crowd. a multitude of reasons; multitudes of people. skare حَشْد ، جُمْهور куп multidão množství die Menge mængde; masse πλήθοςmultitud, muchedumbre rohkus, suur hulk انبوه joukko multitude הַרבֵּה מְאוֹד बहु संख्या mnoštvo tömeg banyak mannföldi, mergð moltitudine 多数 군중 daugybė daudzums banyak menigtemengde, vrimmel, masse mnogość زیات multidão multitudine множество; толпа množstvo množica mnoštvo mängd, massa, otal จำนวนมาก; ฝูง çok sayıda, bir yığın 眾多 безліч; велика кіль...
- A very great number.
- The masses; the populace: the concerns of the multitude.
- a large gathering of people
- (Sociology) the multitude the common people
- a large number
- the state or quality of being numerous
- a great number; host.
- a great number of people gathered together; crowd; throng.
- the state or character of being many; numerousness.
Equivalents
Examples
“Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)”
“A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons.”
“On the other hand, to arrive after dusk, when the multitude of garish little public-houses are lit up, giving glimpses of crowded jostling bars and taprooms, is an introduction to a fine city well calculated to affect even the most nonchalant.”
“We found Pop Glossop in his pantry polishing silver, and put in our order. He seemed a little surprised at the inrush of such a multitude, but on learning that our tongues were hanging out obliged with a bottle of the best […]”
“Ever since El Martinez started asking to be called by the gender-neutral pronouns “they/them” in the ninth grade, they have fielded skepticism in a variety of forms and from a multitude of sources about what it means to identify as nonbinary.”
“Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil”
“Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be caſt into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a ſwiniſh multitude.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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