A ~ of things is a large number or a large variety of them. (FORMAL)
...a writer who uses a ~ of styles.
= many
QUANT: QUANT of pl-n
A ~ of things is a large number or a large variety of them. (FORMAL)
...a writer who uses a ~ of styles.
= many
QUANT: QUANT of pl-n
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012