multitude

Syllables: mul·ti·tude/ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/

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Northern England/ˈmʊltɪt͡ʃuːd/

multitude noun: a great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

Noun

multitude (plural multitudes)

A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
- Do I contradict myself? / Very well then I contradict myself, / (I am large, I contain multitudes.)1892, Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself”, in Leaves of Grass […], Philadelphia, Pa.: David McKay, publisher, […], →OCLC, stanza 51, page 78
- A torrential rain poured down from the floodgates of the angry heavens upon the bared heads of the assembled multitude which numbered at the lowest computation five hundred thousand persons.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 12: The Cyclops]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
Synonyms:

hantel, hantle, legion
The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.
- Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil1599, “Exodus 23:2”, in Geneva Bible, Tolle Lege Press, →ISBN, page 83
- Along with its natural protectors and guardians, learning will be caſt into the mire and trodden down under the hoofs of a ſwiniſh multitude.1790 November, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, and on the Proceedings in Certain Societies in London Relative to that Event. […], London: […] J[ames] Dodsley, […], →OCLC, page...
Synonyms:

crowd

multitude meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

multitude in Hindi

multitude, collection, heap: ओघ ogh
multitude, flock: निकर nikar

multitude in Tamil

தொடக்கூடிய எண்ணக்கூடிய தனித்தனியான, எண்ணிறந்த நிலைமை, பெருங்கூட்டம், மக்கள் திரள்

multitude in Bengali

জনতা, ভিড়, বিপুল সংখ্যা

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multitude in Telugu: అధిక మొత్తము adhika mottamu, జనబాహుళ్యము janabāhuḷyamu
multitude in Malayalam: വലിയ സംഖ്യ, വളരെ എണ്ണം
multitude in Kannada: ಗುಂಡು guṇḍu, ಮೇಳ mēḷa
multitude in Punjabi: ਫ਼ੌਜ fauj
multitude in Odia: ପଲ pala, ଲୋକ loka
multitude in Sanskrit: चक्रवाल cakravāla
multitude in Sinhala: සුමුව sumuwa
multitude in Assamese: গণ gon

Examples of multitude in a sentence

It is Hinduness that has drawn the multitudes – beyond upper castes – to BJP.
Each peer downloads the desired file, in chunks, from a multitude of other peers.
Practitioners of Reality Mining soon discover the multitudes of analytic techniques suitable for their data sets.

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Synonyms of multitude

hantel, hantle
legion
crowd

Forms of multitude

plural	multitudes

Plural of multitude: multitudes

Origin of multitude

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.

Words formed from multitude

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Questions about multitude

What does multitude mean?: Multitude means a great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.
What is multitude in Hindi?: Multitude in Hindi is ओघ (ogh), निकर (nikar). See Multitude meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is multitude?: Multitude is a noun.
How do you pronounce multitude?: Multitude is pronounced /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/ (UK).
What is the plural of multitude?: The plural of multitude is multitudes.

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