multitude

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

multi·tude [multitude multitudes] BrE [ˈmʌltɪtjuːd] NAmE [ˈmʌltɪtuːd] noun (formal)
1. countable ~ (of sth/sb) an extremely large number of things or people
•a multitude of possibilities
•a multitude of birds
•These elements can be combined in a multitude of different ways.
•The region attracts tourists in their multitudes.
2. the multitudesingular + singular or plural verb (also the multi·tudesplural) (sometimes disapproving)the mass of ordinary people
•It was an elite that believed its task was to enlighten the multitude.
•to feed the starving multitudes
3. countable (literary)a large crowd of people
Syn: ↑throng
•He preached to the assembled multitude.
Idiom: ↑hide a multitude of sins

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

Example Bank:
•She was famous for singing patriotic songs to the assembled multitudes.
•The library offers a whole multitude of books for young readers.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashed, throng, concourse, battalion, large number, plurality, pack