Definition of Multitude

1. Noun. A large indefinite number. "A plurality of religions"


2. Noun. A large gathering of people.
Exact synonyms: Concourse, Throng
Generic synonyms: Assemblage, Gathering
Specialized synonyms: Hive, Horde, Host, Legion, Herd, Ruck
Derivative terms: Throng

3. Noun. The common people generally. "Power to the people"
Exact synonyms: Hoi Polloi, Mass, Masses, People, The Great Unwashed
Generic synonyms: Group, Grouping
Specialized synonyms: Laity, Temporalty, Audience, Followers, Following
Derivative terms: People, People

Definition of Multitude

1. n. A great number of persons collected together; a numerous collection of persons; a crowd; an assembly.

Definition of Multitude

1. Noun. A great amount or number, often of people. ¹

2. Noun. The mass of ordinary people; the populous or the masses ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Multitude

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Multitude

multitower
multitowered
multitown
multitrace
multitrack
multitracked
multitracking
multitribal
multitrillion
multitrophic
multitrunked
multitubercolate
multitubercolates
multituberculate
multitubular
multitude (current term)
multitudes
multitudinary
multitudinous
multitudinously
multitudinousness
multiturbine
multiturreted
multiubiquitin
multiubiquitination
multiubiquitylation
multiunion
multiunit
multiusage
multiuse

Literary usage of Multitude

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"But points are, by our postulate, determinable on the line in excess of that or of any other multitude. Now, those who say that two different points on a ..."

2. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"The multitude of delin- multitude of . , , • •, . . •, • •, delinquents, quents at a particular juncture; being such as would increase, beyond the ordinary ..."

3. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1900)
"But points are, by our postulate, determinable on the line in excess of that or of any other multitude. Now, those who say that two different points on a ..."

4. An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation by Jeremy Bentham (1823)
"The multitude of delin- multitude of . , , • •, . . •, • •, delinquents, quents at a particular juncture; being such as would increase, beyond the ordinary ..."

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