masses
/ˈmæs.ɪz/
masses is the plural of mass.
masses is the plural of masse.
masses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mass.
Noun (1)
masses pl (plural only)
- People, especially a large number of people; the general population.
- The masses were mobilized not only to perform typical activities that are part of agricultural production, but also unusual ones such as killing sparrows and rats that were reportedly competing with humans for food. For instance, in 1958, the people of Tunliu County in Shanxi Province were...2009, Shiping Hua, “Reforms within Communism: China”, in Chinese Utopianism: A Comparative Study of Reformist Thought with Japan and Russia, 1898-1997 (Chinese Studies/Political Theory), Woodrow...
- Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its...2012 August 21, Jason Heller, “The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)”, in The Onion AV Club
- The total population.
- The masses will be voting this Tuesday.
- Dennis: Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.1975, Monty Python, Monty Python and the Holy Grail
- The lower classes or all but the elite.
- […] the ignorant masses […]
- Ken Cuccinelli tweaked the famous poem from Emma Lazarus – whose words, “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” are long associated with immigration to the US and the nation’s history as a haven – as part of a case for strict new measures pushed Monday by the...2019 August 13, Devan Cole and Caroline Kelly, “Cuccinelli rewrites Statue of Liberty poem to make case for limiting immigration”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- unwashed
Meaning of mass
Noun
mass (countable and uncountable, plural masses)
- A quantity of matter cohering so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […].1718 [1704], Isaac Newton, Opticks, 2nd edition
- Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
- Right in the midst the Goddesse selfe did stand / Upon an altar of some costly masse […].1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.10
- A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills.
- blue mass
- A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure.
- Near-synonym: lump
- Synonyms:
- lump
- Excess body mass, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- After all, muscle maniacs go "ga ga" over mass no matter how it's presented.1988, Steve Holman, “Christian Conquers Columbus”, in Ironman, volume 47, number 6, pages 28–34
Noun (2) capitalized: Masses
Masses
- plural of Mass
Synonyms of masses
Words formed from masses
Phrases with masses
- air masses
- dry masses
- low masses
- wet masses
- high masses
- land masses
- rest masses
- Black Masses
- Earth masses
- molar masses
- point masses
- solar masses
28 more phrasesFewer phrases
- atomic masses
- parody masses
- Planck masses
- solemn masses
- votive masses
- Jupiter masses
- reduced masses
- requiem masses
- thermal masses
- working masses
- critical masses
- inertial masses
- midnight masses
- mulberry masses
- reaction masses
- molecular masses
- inner cell masses
- paraphrase masses
- Tridentine Masses
- subcritical masses
- relativistic masses
- gravitational masses
- supercritical masses
- average atomic masses
- tyrannies of the masses
- Traditional Latin Masses
- active gravitational masses
- passive gravitational masses
Questions about masses
- What does masses mean?
- Masses means people, especially a large number of people; the general population.
- What is masses the plural of?
- Masses is the plural of mass.
- What part of speech is masses?
- Masses is a noun.
- How do you pronounce masses?
- Masses is pronounced /ˈmæs.ɪz/.
Words near masses in the dictionary
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