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multitude Definition

multi·tude (mul′tə to̵̅o̅d′, -tyo̵̅o̅d′)

noun

  1. the quality or state of being numerous, or many
  2. a large number of persons or things, esp. when gathered together or considered as a unit; host, myriad, etc.
  3. the masses: preceded by the

Etymology: OFr < L multitudo < multus, many: see multi-

multitude Synonyms

multitude

n.

  1. The state of being numerous

    aggregation, plenitude, abundance; see number 1.

  2. A great crowd

    throng, drove, mob; see crowd 1, gathering, people 3. See syn. study at crowd.

multitude Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • sin: The phrase ' plus support ' can cover a multitude of sins on a concert poster.
  • seabird: Day 13 We sail south, to the Antarctic, where the ship is again followed by a multitude of seabirds.
  • combination: With Itty Bitty Beading Bugs, children can lace soft beads and plastic spacers in a multitude of combinations.
  • attraction: For a break from the slopes, nearby Grenoble offers a multitude of attractions.
  • angel: Call unto God and He will send the mighty works of the Spirit of Christ and multitudes of powerful angels.
  • believer: All which laid together, doth prove that the multitude of believers did make more congregations than one in the church of Ephesus.

Converse of subject

  • surround: The whole mural is surrounded by a multitude of colorful flags.
  • follow: Day 13 We sail south, to the Antarctic, where the ship is again followed by a multitude of seabirds.

Converse of object

  • teem: Humanists must colonize the new space along with the rest of the teeming multitude that throngs the Internet Fair.
  • assemble: Cliff Richard stared at the assembled multitude gathered for his forty-eighth Christmas concert.
  • hide: Love is always by very nature hiding a multitude of sins.
  • boast: The beach is made up of fine golden sand & boasts a multitude of facilities including a children's play area & creche.
  • encompass: Languages Spoken English American English encompasses a multitude of regional accents of differing degrees of intelligibility.
  • feed: Although a brook may appear crystal-clear, it nevertheless transports more than enough organic matter to feed a multitude of insect inhabitants.

Adjective modifier

  • immense: An immense multitude had been attracted thither with their wives and children.
  • countless: And from point to point tore the countless multitudes along the roaring mechanical ways.
  • vast: You feel the fanning of his wings in the breath of this vast multitude.
  • mixed: But they are the mixed multitude who are all over the place.
  • great: Many were persuaded, including a great multitude of devout Greeks.
  • whole: And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.
multitude Quotes

No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

—Hawthorne, Nathaniel

Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude; for the battle is not yours, but God's.

—Bible (Old Testament)

And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins.

—Bible (NewTestament)

Un poe'  te C'est un e"  tre unique ' A des tas d'exemplaires Qui ne pense qu'en vers Et n'e¤  crit qu'en musique Sur des sujets divers Des rouges ou des verts Mais toujours magnifiques. A poet Is a unique being From an exemplary multitude Who only thinks in verse And only writes in music On diverse subjects Reds and greens But always magnificently. 880

—Vian, Boris

He which converteththesinner fromthe errorof his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.

—Bible (NewTestament)

The definition of an individual was: a multitude of one million divided by one million.

—Koestler, Arthur

And besides, Mrs Forthby in the flesh was a different kettle of fish to Mrs Forthby in his fantasies. In the latter she had a multitude of perverse inclinations, which corresponded exactly with his own unfortunate requirements, while possessing a discretion that would have done credit to aTrappist nun. In the flesh she was disappointingly different.

—Sharpe,Tom (Thomas Ridley)

Supposing the Press in order, the people in their right wits, and news or no news to be the question, a Public Mercury should not have my Vote, because I think it makes the Multitude too familiar with the actions and counsels of their superiors, too pragmatical and censorious, and gives them not onlyan itch but a kind of colourable right to be meddling with the government.

—L'Estrange, Sir Roger

A great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.

—Bible (NewTestament)

The master minds of all nations, in all ages, have sprung in affluent multitude from the mass of the nation, and fromthemass of thenationonlyönot from its privileged classes.

—Twain, Mark pseudonym of  Samuel Langhorne Clemens

If photography is allowed to stand in forart in some of its functions it will soon supplant or corrupt it completely thankstothenatural support it will find inthestupidityof themultitude.It must return toits real task, which isto be the servant of the sciences and the arts, but the very humble servant, like printing and shorthand which have neither created nor supplanted literature.

—Baudelaire, Charles

   When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rathera tumult was made, hetook water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.

—Bible (NewTestament)