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   multitude

   /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/

   noun

   • 1. a large number of people or things: "a multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight" Similar a lota great/large numbera great/large quantityhosthordemassmountaindrovesswarmarmylegionseaabundanceprofusionscoresquantitiesinformal:lotsloadsmassesstacksheapstonsdozenshundredsthousandsmillionsbillionszillionsshedloadslewgazillionsbazillionsgobsswagvulgar slang:shitload
   • ▪ the mass of ordinary people without power or influence: "placing ultimate political power in the hands of the multitude" Similar crowdgatheringassemblygroupassemblagecongregationflockthronghordemobrare:concoursethe common peoplethe populacethe publicthe peoplethe massesthe rank and filethe crowdthe commonalitythe commonaltythe third estatethe plebeiansthe hoi polloithe mobthe proletariatthe common herdthe rabblethe riff-raffthe canaillethe great unwashedthe ragtag (and bobtail)prolesplebsOpposite the elite
   • ▪ the state of being numerous: "they would swarm over the river in their multitude"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin multitudo, from multus ‘many’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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