transcription, транскрипция: [ mʌltɪtju:d, AM -tu:d ]
( multitudes)
1.
A multitude of things or people is a very large number of them.
There are a multitude of small quiet roads to cycle along...
Addiction to drugs can bring a multitude of other problems.
QUANT : QUANT of pl-n
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If you say that something covers or hides a multitude of sins , you mean that it hides something unattractive or does not reveal the true nature of something.
‘Strong, centralized government’ is a term that can cover a multitude of sins.
PHRASE : PHR after v
2.
You can refer to a very large number of people as a multitude . ( WRITTEN )
...surrounded by a noisy multitude.
= crowd
N-COUNT
3.
You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the multitude or the multitudes .
The hideous truth was hidden from the multitude...
N-COUNT-COLL : the N