multitude

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Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun a large indefinite number
  2. noun a large gathering of people
  3. noun the common people generally

Etymology

From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- + -itude.

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Synonyms

battalion, large number, plurality, pack

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