--- title: M — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 50 description: The 1043 words of the English dictionary under M, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/page/50/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / M # M — The English dictionary · page 50 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · 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meaning 1:* Muggy weather is warm, damp and still, with heavy, sticky air that makes you feel hot and tired.[↗](../../muggy/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A room or place that feels close and stuffy, with warm, damp air and no fresh breeze.[↗](../../muggy/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* It's really muggy today, so my shirt is sticking to my back.[↗](../../muggy/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The air felt warm and muggy before the thunderstorm.[↗](../../muggy/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We couldn't sleep on that muggy summer night.[↗](../../muggy/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Open a window, it's muggy in this classroom.[↗](../../muggy/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Muggy weather means there is lots of water vapour in the air.[↗](../../muggy/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Brisbane can be very hot and muggy in January.[↗](../../muggy/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · After the rain the jungle was muggy and full of insects.[↗](../../muggy/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It was the muggiest day of the summer holidays.[↗](../../muggy/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **mugshot** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mugshot is a photograph of a person's face, from the front and the side, taken by the police after an arrest.[↗](../../mugshot/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal, jokey) Any photo of someone's face, especially an unflattering one.[↗](../../mugshot/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The police released the suspect's mugshot.[↗](../../mugshot/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The robber's mugshot was on the front page.[↗](../../mugshot/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · My passport photo looks like a mugshot\![↗](../../mugshot/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In the film, the gangster smirked in his mugshot.[↗](../../mugshot/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A mugshot doesn't prove someone is guilty.[↗](../../mugshot/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Every member of the club had a mugshot on the noticeboard.[↗](../../mugshot/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mugwort** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tall wild plant with grey-green, deeply cut leaves that are silvery underneath, found on roadsides and waste ground; it has a strong smell.[↗](../../mugwort/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We found mugwort growing by the railway line.[↗](../../mugwort/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mugwort leaves are silvery on the underside.[↗](../../mugwort/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our nature guide said mugwort was once used to flavour beer.[↗](../../mugwort/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In old stories, travellers put mugwort in their shoes to stop them getting tired.[↗](../../mugwort/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mugwort pollen makes some people sneeze in late summer.[↗](../../mugwort/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The field was full of nettles, docks and mugwort.[↗](../../mugwort/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **mulberry** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A tree with broad leaves and dark purple, red or white berries like long blackberries.[↗](../../mulberry/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The fruit of this tree.[↗](../../mulberry/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A dark purple-red colour.[↗](../../mulberry/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Silkworms eat mulberry leaves.[↗](../../mulberry/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The mulberries stained my fingers purple.[↗](../../mulberry/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We sang «Here we go round the mulberry bush».[↗](../../mulberry/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Granny makes mulberry jam.[↗](../../mulberry/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A mulberry tree can live for hundreds of years.[↗](../../mulberry/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Her coat is a deep mulberry colour.[↗](../../mulberry/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · And when David inquired of the LORD, He said: 'Thou shalt not go up; make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.[↗](../../mulberry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.5.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mulberry/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him: 'Thou shalt not go up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.[↗](../../mulberry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings 1CH.14.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mulberry/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is the LORD gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.'[↗](../../mulberry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.5.24, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mulberry/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **mulch** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A layer of material such as bark, leaves, straw or compost spread on soil around plants.[↗](../../mulch/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (verb) To spread mulch on soil.[↗](../../mulch/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We put a layer of mulch round the tomato plants.[↗](../../mulch/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mulch helps the soil stay damp in hot weather.[↗](../../mulch/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The school garden is mulched with wood chips.[↗](../../mulch/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Grandma mulched her roses with compost.[↗](../../mulch/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Worms love the leaves we use as mulch.[↗](../../mulch/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mulch stops weeds from growing so fast.[↗](../../mulch/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Spread the mulch, but don't pile it against the stems.[↗](../../mulch/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mule** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An animal whose mother is a horse and father is a donkey; it is strong and used for carrying loads.[↗](../../mule/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (informal) A very stubborn person: stubborn as a mule.[↗](../../mule/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A slipper or shoe with no back.[↗](../../mule/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (slang) A person who carries illegal drugs or money across borders for criminals.[↗](../../mule/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The mule carried our bags up the mountain path.[↗](../../mule/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey.[↗](../../mule/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · He's as stubborn as a mule and won't change his mind.[↗](../../mule/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Mules are strong and sure-footed.[↗](../../mule/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum wears her fluffy mules around the house.[↗](../../mule/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police caught the drug mule at the airport.[↗](../../mule/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Most mules cannot have foals.[↗](../../mule/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer ploughed the field with a mule.[↗](../../mule/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · “What’s bridle-wise?” said the young mule.[↗](../../mule/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five; (Writings EZR.2.66, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mule/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · They of the house of Togarmah traded for thy wares with horses and horsemen and mules.[↗](../../mule/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.27.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mule/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Then all the king's sons arose, and every man got him up upon his mule, and fled.[↗](../../mule/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 2SA.13.29, JPS 1917)[↗](../../mule/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") **muleteer** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A muleteer is a man who drives or leads mules, often carrying goods on a journey.[↗](../../muleteer/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A muleteer set off on a journey with an ass and a mule.[↗](../../muleteer/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The muleteers stopped at the inn for the night.[↗](../../muleteer/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · "I will go and return too," he said to the muleteers.[↗](../../muleteer/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mull** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To mull over something: to think about it carefully for some time.[↗](../../mull/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To heat wine, cider or juice with sugar and spices: mulled wine.[↗](../../mull/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (a name) Mull is a large island off the west coast of Scotland; «mull» is also a Scottish word for a headland, as in the Mull of Kintyre.[↗](../../mull/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I'll mull it over and tell you tomorrow.[↗](../../mull/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Mole mulled over the Rat's words.[↗](../../mull/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · She sat mulling over the maths problem.[↗](../../mull/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Dad made mulled apple juice for the children.[↗](../../mull/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The smell of mulled wine filled the market.[↗](../../mull/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We went to the Isle of Mull to see puffins.[↗](../../mull/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't mull too long — the bus is coming\![↗](../../mull/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **mullet** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A mullet is a sea fish with a grey or brown body, eaten as food.[↗](../../mullet/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* "Fine mullets, these!" he said.[↗](../../mullet/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · He pulled a handful of mullets from the net.[↗](../../mullet/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We ate grilled mullet for supper.[↗](../../mullet/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") **mullion** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A vertical (upright) bar of stone or wood that divides a window into two or more parts, especially in old churches and Tudor houses.[↗](../../mullion/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The old manor house had tall mullioned windows.[↗](../../mullion/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Moonlight shone between the stone mullions.[↗](../../mullion/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The church window was divided by three mullions.[↗](../../mullion/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Tudor houses often have mullions and leaded glass.[↗](../../mullion/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A mullion splits the window into narrow parts.[↗](../../mullion/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew the castle with its mullioned windows.[↗](../../mullion/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **multicellular** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Made of many cells.[↗](../../multicellular/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Living things like animals, plants and most fungi are multicellular.[↗](../../multicellular/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Humans are multicellular organisms with trillions of cells.[↗](../../multicellular/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · A bacterium is single-celled, but a frog is multicellular.[↗](../../multicellular/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Plants and animals are multicellular.[↗](../../multicellular/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · In multicellular life, cells share out the jobs.[↗](../../multicellular/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some seaweeds are multicellular and some are tiny single cells.[↗](../../multicellular/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The first multicellular living things appeared long after bacteria.[↗](../../multicellular/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Is a mushroom multicellular?[↗](../../multicellular/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") Yes, it is made of many cells.[↗](../../multicellular/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **multicultural** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having or including people from many different cultures, countries, religions or backgrounds.[↗](../../multicultural/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Showing or celebrating many cultures, as in "a multicultural festival".[↗](../../multicultural/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Our school is multicultural; we speak over twenty languages.[↗](../../multicultural/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · London, Toronto and Sydney are very multicultural cities.[↗](../../multicultural/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · On Multicultural Day we brought food from our families' countries.[↗](../../multicultural/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Canada calls itself a multicultural country.[↗](../../multicultural/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The festival had multicultural music and dance.[↗](../../multicultural/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Living in a multicultural area helps you learn about other people.[↗](../../multicultural/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A multicultural class can share many different festivals.[↗](../../multicultural/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **multilingual** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Able to speak or use several languages.[↗](../../multilingual/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Written in or using several languages, as in "a multilingual sign" or "a multilingual dictionary".[↗](../../multilingual/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* My cousin is multilingual; she speaks English, Polish and Spanish.[↗](../../multilingual/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The airport signs are multilingual.[↗](../../multilingual/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Many children in Ireland are bilingual or multilingual.[↗](../../multilingual/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school library has multilingual books.[↗](../../multilingual/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Being multilingual can help you get a job abroad.[↗](../../multilingual/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The museum gave us a multilingual guide.[↗](../../multilingual/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Switzerland is a multilingual country with four official languages.[↗](../../multilingual/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **multiple** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A multiple of a number is what you get when you multiply it by a whole number.[↗](../../multiple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") 6, 9 and 12 are multiples of 3.[↗](../../multiple/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Multiple (adjective) means many: «multiple choice», «multiple times».[↗](../../multiple/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* List the multiples of 4 below 20.[↗](../../multiple/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Is 18 a multiple of 6?[↗](../../multiple/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Find a common multiple of 2 and 3.[↗](../../multiple/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The number is a multiple of 5.[↗](../../multiple/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Multiples of 10 end in 0.[↗](../../multiple/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · 12 is a common multiple of 3 and 4.[↗](../../multiple/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Choose the right answer in the multiple-choice quiz.[↗](../../multiple/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · I've told you multiple times to tidy up\![↗](../../multiple/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **multiplication** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (maths) Adding the same number again and again in a quick way; the operation shown by the sign ×.[↗](../../multiplication/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A big increase in number (the multiplication of germs).[↗](../../multiplication/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Multiplication is a fast way of adding equal groups.[↗](../../multiplication/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 × 7 = 42 is a multiplication fact.[↗](../../multiplication/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We practise our multiplication tables every day.[↗](../../multiplication/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Long multiplication helps with big numbers.[↗](../../multiplication/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The sign for multiplication is ×.[↗](../../multiplication/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Bacteria grow by quick multiplication.[↗](../../multiplication/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · 4 bags of 5 apples: the multiplication 4 × 5 gives 20 apples.[↗](../../multiplication/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **multiplicity** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being many, or of there being a great number of different things.[↗](../../multiplicity/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") **multiplied** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Multiplied means a number was taken a certain number of times.[↗](../../multiplied/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") 3 multiplied by 4 is 12.[↗](../../multiplied/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Multiplied also means grew greatly in number: the rabbits multiplied.[↗](../../multiplied/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* Multiplied can also mean made much greater or deeper, such as a gloom that grows thicker.[↗](../../multiplied/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A number multiplied by 5 is 40.[↗](../../multiplied/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") What is the number?[↗](../../multiplied/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · 7 multiplied by 6 is 42.[↗](../../multiplied/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The rabbits multiplied to 3 times as many.[↗](../../multiplied/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Her savings multiplied by 2 in a year.[↗](../../multiplied/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · 9 multiplied by itself is 81.[↗](../../multiplied/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · When 4 and 5 are multiplied, the product is 20.[↗](../../multiplied/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The bacteria multiplied quickly in the warm milk.[↗](../../multiplied/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Any number multiplied by 0 is 0.[↗](../../multiplied/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Not a round-eyed creature of the night might pierce an inch of that multiplied gloom.[↗](../../multiplied/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And God dealt well with the midwives; and the people multiplied, and waxed very mighty.[↗](../../multiplied/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiplied/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · But the more they afflicted them, the more they multiplied and the more they spread abroad.[↗](../../multiplied/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.1.12, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiplied/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. — (Torah DEU.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiplied/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · And if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou unto Him?[↗](../../multiplied/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.35.6, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiplied/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.[↗](../../multiplied/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PSA.38.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiplied/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · For Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, yea, altars have been unto him to sin.[↗](../../multiplied/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.8.11, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiplied/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **multiply** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To multiply is to add the same number many times in one quick step; it is the operation ×: 3 multiplied by 4 is 12.[↗](../../multiply/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To multiply is to grow quickly in number: rabbits multiply fast.[↗](../../multiply/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Multiplying is adding the same number again and again: 4 + 4 + 4 = 12.[↗](../../multiply/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Multiply 5 bags by 6 pears in each bag.[↗](../../multiply/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · There are 3 rows of 7 chairs; multiply to find all the chairs.[↗](../../multiply/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · 6 multiplied by 2 is 12.[↗](../../multiply/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Multiply the length by the width to find the area.[↗](../../multiply/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Learn to multiply by 10 by adding a zero.[↗](../../multiply/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Germs multiply quickly on dirty hands.[↗](../../multiply/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Rabbits can multiply very fast.[↗](../../multiply/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Granted that each piece gives you five hundred, multiply five hundred by five.[↗](../../multiply/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; swarm in the earth, and multiply therein.'[↗](../../multiply/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.9.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiply/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will make My covenant between Me and thee, and will multiply thee exceedingly.'[↗](../../multiply/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiply/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply My signs and My wonders in the land of Egypt.[↗](../../multiply/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiply/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · He that would break me with a tempest, and multiply my wounds without cause; (Writings JOB.9.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiply/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · Then I said: 'I shall die with my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the phoenix; (Writings JOB.29.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiply/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") · Come to Beth-el, and transgress, to Gilgal, and multiply transgression; and bring your sacrifices in the morning, and your tithes after three days; (Prophets AMO.4.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multiply/#x15 "tree and pragmatics") **multitude** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A multitude is a very large number of things or people.[↗](../../multitude/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (formal, Bible) The multitude means a huge crowd of people; or ordinary people in general.[↗](../../multitude/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There is a multitude of stars in the night sky.[↗](../../multitude/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The coral reef is home to a multitude of fish.[↗](../../multitude/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Jesus fed the multitude with five loaves and two fish.[↗](../../multitude/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · We had a multitude of reasons to be happy.[↗](../../multitude/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Multitudes gathered to hear him speak.[↗](../../multitude/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · A big coat can cover a multitude of sins.[↗](../../multitude/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A sorrowful multitude accompanied them to the shore.[↗](../../multitude/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.[↗](../../multitude/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.12.38, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multitude/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.[↗](../../multitude/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.17.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multitude/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. — (Torah DEU.1.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multitude/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision\![↗](../../multitude/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets JOL.4.14, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multitude/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Should not the multitude of words be answered?[↗](../../multitude/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.11.2, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multitude/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For the multitude of thine iniquity, the enmity is great.[↗](../../multitude/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets HOS.9.7, JPS 1917)[↗](../../multitude/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") **multivitamin** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A multivitamin is a tablet, gummy or liquid that contains many different vitamins and often minerals together.[↗](../../multivitamin/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* It is taken to help people get vitamins they might not get enough of from food.[↗](../../multivitamin/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* I take a multivitamin with breakfast.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Multivitamins come as tablets, gummies or drops.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A multivitamin has vitamins A, C, D and more.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Eating fruit and vegetables is better than relying on multivitamins.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Don't eat multivitamin gummies like sweets.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum checked the label to see the right dose of multivitamin.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Some multivitamins also contain iron.[↗](../../multivitamin/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The doctor said I could take a children's multivitamin in 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