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multitudemul‧ti‧tude /ˈmʌltɪtjuːd $ -tuːd/ ●○○ noun   multitudeOrigin: 1300-1400 French, Latin multitudo, from multus; ➔ MULTI- - For several weeks after that, my head filled with a multitude of wild theories and speculations.
- How could he feed and house this multitude?
- It can cover a multitude of incompatibilities.
- Rainforests are the source of a multitude of raw materials with immense potential value to medical science.
- The best value of all, however, comes via the multitude of entrepreneurs offering deeply discounted hotel rates and rentals.
- The development of strength can prevent a multitude of problems occurring throughout our lives.
- There has suddenly appeared a multitude of banners and pamphlets from these printing presses of the trees.
- This country faces a multitude of unsettling problems.
► crowd a large number of people together in one place: · The exhibition is expected to attract large crowds of visitors. ► mob a crowd of noisy and violent people who are difficult to control: · The mob set fire to cars and buildings. ► mass a very large crowd which is not moving and which is very difficult to move through: · the mass of people in the station ► horde a large crowd of people, especially people who are behaving in a way that you disapprove of or that annoys you: · the hordes of tourists on the island ► droves [plural] a crowd of people – used especially when you are talking about a crowd of people who move from one place to another: · The public came in droves to see the event. ► throng literary a very large crowd: · A great throng had gathered to listen to his speech. ► flock a large group of people of the same type, especially when they have a leader: · A flock of children were being shown through the museum. ► pack a group of people of the same type, especially a group you do not approve of: · A pack of reporters shouted questions. ► swarm a large crowd of people who are moving quickly in many directions in a very uncontrolled way: · a swarm of children in the playground ► crush a crowd of people who are pressed close together: · There was such a crush on the Metro this morning. ► multitude formal literary a very large number of people, especially ordinary people: · The Emperor came out to speak to the multitude. → group1 VERB► cover· Lights were kept low, to cover a multitude of small defects.· It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins.· In such situations, Peter Shilton's frame can not cover a whole multitude of sins.· Still, the offerings cover a multitude of tastes.· They are light, easy to set up and transport and they can cover a multitude of grotty walls.· It can cover a multitude of incompatibilities. ► a multitude of somebody/something- Also littering the roof is a multitude of strange antennas.
- Flowers, exquisitely perfumed and graced with a multitude of colours and shapes, bloomed long before man appeared on the earth.
- It can cover a multitude of incompatibilities.
- It was caused by a multitude of transversely aligned fibres which were extending towards the setting Sun, catching its light.
- Lights were kept low, to cover a multitude of small defects.
- Mainly without concern for their rivals a multitude of people mount.
- Rainforests are the source of a multitude of raw materials with immense potential value to medical science.
- There has suddenly appeared a multitude of banners and pamphlets from these printing presses of the trees.
- The rich got richer, while the multitude struggled just to survive.
- He went straight into the town and entered the marketplace fearlessly, at the time when the multitude filled it.
- Meanwhile the king held informal discussions with the multitude.
- Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke had spared no expense to feed the multitude.
- Protection has spared not the multitudes but the stragglers.
- Such were only a few of the multitude of his accomplishments.
- The best value of all, however, comes via the multitude of entrepreneurs offering deeply discounted hotel rates and rentals.
- The major problems for the recognition application are the multitude of possible syntactic representations postulated by the look-up and the computation required.
- Voltaire was wrong, of course, about the degree to which the multitude would live in happiness and peace.
- Patterned carpet can hide a multitude of sins.
- Curtains around a bed can also hide a multitude of sins in patient care.
- It hides a multitude of sins.
- It was called UDAG-a sincere-sounding acronym that covered a multitude of sins.
- Jay was a solid woman, dressed in dark loose comfortable clothes that hid a multitude of sins.
1a multitude of somebody/something formal or literary a very large number of people or things:  I had never seen such a multitude of stars before. a multitude of possible interpretations2the multitude(s) 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.3[countable] literary or biblical a large crowd of people: Clamoring multitudes demanded a view of the pope.4cover/hide a multitude of sins to make faults or problems seem less clear or noticeable – used humorously: Patterned carpet can hide a multitude of sins (=the carpet is dirty, but the pattern hides it). |