Meaning of MULTITUDE
| Pronunciation: | | 'multu`tood
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- [n] the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
- [n] a large gathering of people
- [n] a large indefinite number; "a battalion of ants"; "a multitude of TV antennas"
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MULTITUDE is a 9 letter word that starts with M. |
| | Synonyms: | | battalion, concourse, hoi polloi, large number, mass, masses, pack, people, throng |
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| | See Also: | | assemblage, audience, followers, following, gathering, group, grouping, herd, hive, horde, host, laity, large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity, legion, ruck, temporalty | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Mul"ti*tude\, n. [F. multitude, L. multitudo,
multitudinis, fr. multus much, many; of unknown origin.]
1. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous
collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.
But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with
compassion on them. --Matt. ix.
36.
2. A great number of persons or things, regarded
collectively; as, the book will be read by a multitude of
people; the multitude of stars; a multitude of cares.
It is a fault in a multitude of preachers, that they
uttery neglect method in their harangues. --I.
Watts.
A multitude of flowers As countless as the stars on
high. --Longfellow.
3. The state of being many; numerousness.
They came as grasshoppers for multitude. --Judg. vi.
5.
{The multitude}, the populace; the mass of men.
Syn: Throng; crowd; assembly; assemblage; commonalty; swarm;
populace; vulgar. See {Throng}.
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