MULTITUDE


Meaning of MULTITUDE in English

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

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

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