MULTITUDE


Meaning of MULTITUDE in English

(~s)

1.

A ~ of things or people is a very large number of them.

There are a ~ of small quiet roads to cycle along...

Addiction to drugs can bring a ~ of other problems.

QUANT: QUANT of pl-n

If you say that something covers or hides a ~ 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 ~ of sins.

PHRASE: PHR after v

2.

You can refer to a very large number of people as a ~. (WRITTEN)

...surrounded by a noisy ~.

= crowd

N-COUNT

3.

You can refer to the great majority of people in a particular country or situation as the ~ or the ~s.

The hideous truth was hidden from the ~...

N-COUNT-COLL: the N

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