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(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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noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French or Latin; Anglo-French, from Latin multitudin-, multitudo, from multus much — more at meliorate Date: 14th century 1. the state of being many 2. a great number ; host 3. a great number of people 4. populace, public ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 (often foll. by of) a great number. 2 a large gathering of people; a crowd. 3 (the multitude) the common people. 4 the state of being numerous. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L multitudo -dinis f. multus many ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. множество, большое число; масса in multitude —- во множестве, в большом количестве 2. толпа 3. (the multitude) массы to appeal to the multitude —- нравиться (широким) массам; обращаться к (широким) массам ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ n 1 a multitude of formal or literary a very large number of people or things (The captain sat before a multitude of dials and levers. | a multitude of possible interpretations) 2 the multitude a) ordinary people, especially when they are thought of as not being very well educated (Political power has been placed in the hands of the multitude.) b) literary or biblical a large crowd of people 3 cover/hide a multitude of sins especially humorous to make faults or problems seem less clear or noticeable ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1340, from L. multitudo (gen. multitudinis) "a great number, crowd," from multus "many, much." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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