Multitude
noun
A very large number of things or people.
A multitude of choices are available at the store.
Often appears as...
- multitude of choices
- multitude of options
noun
The mass of ordinary people.
The initiative was not popular with the multitude.
Often appears as...
- the silent multitude
- appeal to the multitude
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A large gathering of people.
A multitude had gathered to protest the new laws.
Often appears as...
- gathered multitude
- multitude witnessed
noun
A very large number of things or people.
A multitude of choices are available at the store.
Often appears as...
- multitude of choices
- multitude of options
noun
The mass of ordinary people.
The initiative was not popular with the multitude.
Often appears as...
- the silent multitude
- appeal to the multitude
Usage tips
Formal
noun
A large gathering of people.
A multitude had gathered to protest the new laws.
Often appears as...
- gathered multitude
- multitude witnessed
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Large Scale
Use 'multitude' to express a vast, almost uncountable quantity or variety.
She faced a multitude of challenges during her journey.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Multitude' often refers to abstract things, like choices or problems, not just physical objects.
His invention solved a multitude of previously unsolvable equations.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Overwhelm
'Multitude' can imply an overwhelming number, which might be more than desired or manageable.
After the storm, the city had a multitude of repairs to make.
Pro Tip 1/3Large Scale
Use 'multitude' to express a vast, almost uncountable quantity or variety.
She faced a multitude of challenges during her journey.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Multitude' often refers to abstract things, like choices or problems, not just physical objects.
His invention solved a multitude of previously unsolvable equations.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Overwhelm
'Multitude' can imply an overwhelming number, which might be more than desired or manageable.
After the storm, the city had a multitude of repairs to make.
Pro Tip 1/3Large Scale
Use 'multitude' to express a vast, almost uncountable quantity or variety.
She faced a multitude of challenges during her journey.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
'Multitude' often refers to abstract things, like choices or problems, not just physical objects.
His invention solved a multitude of previously unsolvable equations.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Overwhelm
'Multitude' can imply an overwhelming number, which might be more than desired or manageable.
After the storm, the city had a multitude of repairs to make.
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A brief history of dogs...
their genetic traits were passed on, gradually breeding tamer wolves in areas near human populations. Over time humans found a multitude of uses for these docile wolves. They helped to track and hunt prey, and might have served as sentinels to guard camps and warn of approaching enemies.
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Filming Extreme Weather...
things can happen quickly weather conditions are constantly changing there's a multitude of things that can go wrong but you have to push through these things because this project is important about our weather and how it's changing
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What is epigenetics? -...
Nature versus nurture has a lot to do with it, but a deeper related answer can be found within something called epigenetics. That's the study of how DNA interacts with the multitude of smaller molecules found within cells,
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Why our universe might...
It has been speculated that our universe is only a bubble in a soapy multiverse made out of a multitude of bubbles, and each bubble is a different universe with different fundamental constants and different physical laws.
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How interpreters juggle...
deal with challenging terminology, and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides.
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The lies we tell about...
necessary act of anti-communism that was going to ensure national survival and everyone bought it partly out of fear but largely because it covered up a multitude of extremely messy since and
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Why should you read...
each 'I,' every one of the now-six- hundred-million-plus of us, contains a similar multitude. I repeat for the last to understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.”
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Explaining the Tree of...
up out of the water and ventured onto land and here the Tree of Life branched into a multitude of different species that exploited this new environment in all
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Saving Water Voles From...
across the world our wildlife is facing a multitude of threats
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Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
world a multitude of species thrive here
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A brief history of dogs...
their genetic traits were passed on, gradually breeding tamer wolves in areas near human populations. Over time humans found a multitude of uses for these docile wolves. They helped to track and hunt prey, and might have served as sentinels to guard camps and warn of approaching enemies.
Video examples
Filming Extreme Weather...
things can happen quickly weather conditions are constantly changing there's a multitude of things that can go wrong but you have to push through these things because this project is important about our weather and how it's changing
Video examples
What is epigenetics? -...
Nature versus nurture has a lot to do with it, but a deeper related answer can be found within something called epigenetics. That's the study of how DNA interacts with the multitude of smaller molecules found within cells,
Video examples
Why our universe might...
It has been speculated that our universe is only a bubble in a soapy multiverse made out of a multitude of bubbles, and each bubble is a different universe with different fundamental constants and different physical laws.
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
deal with challenging terminology, and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides.
Video examples
The lies we tell about...
necessary act of anti-communism that was going to ensure national survival and everyone bought it partly out of fear but largely because it covered up a multitude of extremely messy since and
Video examples
Why should you read...
each 'I,' every one of the now-six- hundred-million-plus of us, contains a similar multitude. I repeat for the last to understand me, you’ll have to swallow a world.”
Video examples
Explaining the Tree of...
up out of the water and ventured onto land and here the Tree of Life branched into a multitude of different species that exploited this new environment in all
Video examples
Saving Water Voles From...
across the world our wildlife is facing a multitude of threats
Video examples
Hippos Can’t Swim? PIPE...
world a multitude of species thrive here
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Gary Zukav
American Author
Your intentions are your nonphysical causes that set energy into motion. They create a multitude of effects and, therefore, determine the experiences of your life. This is one of the most important things that you can know. It is also something that you can see for yourself is true.
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Jo Swinson
British Politician
London is a liberal city, in all senses of the word. It is a city built on the idea that the multitude of cultures that inhabit it are a benefit, not a curse, where communities from all over the globe live and work side by side, enriching each other's experiences.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?
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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The profoundly 'atomic' character of the universe is visible in everyday experience, in raindrops and grains of sand, in the hosts of the living, and the multitude of stars; even in the ashes of the dead.
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King George V
British Royalty
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.
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Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.
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Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes.
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Jeremy Collier
English Clergyman
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
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Gary Zukav
American Author
Your intentions are your nonphysical causes that set energy into motion. They create a multitude of effects and, therefore, determine the experiences of your life. This is one of the most important things that you can know. It is also something that you can see for yourself is true.
Quote examples
Jo Swinson
British Politician
London is a liberal city, in all senses of the word. It is a city built on the idea that the multitude of cultures that inhabit it are a benefit, not a curse, where communities from all over the globe live and work side by side, enriching each other's experiences.
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Robert Dale Owen
Scottish Politician
If, amid the multitude of contending counsel, you have hesitated and doubted; if, when a great measure suggested itself, you have shrunk from the vast responsibility, afraid to go forward lest you should go wrong, what wonder?
Quote examples
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
French Philosopher
The profoundly 'atomic' character of the universe is visible in everyday experience, in raindrops and grains of sand, in the hosts of the living, and the multitude of stars; even in the ashes of the dead.
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King George V
British Royalty
I have many times asked myself whether there can be more potent advocates of peace upon earth through the years to come than this massed multitude of silent witnesses to the desolation of war.
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Audrey Hepburn
British Actress
I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.
Quote examples
Robert Green Ingersoll
American Lawyer
They who gain applause and power by pandering to the mistakes, the prejudices and passions of the multitude are the enemies of liberty.
Quote examples
Haile Selassie
Ethiopian Statesman
Peace is a day-to-day problem, the product of a multitude of events and judgments. Peace is not an 'is,' it is a 'becoming.
Quote examples
Richard Flanagan
Australian Novelist
I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes.
Quote examples
Jeremy Collier
English Clergyman
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
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