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# multitude

«multitude» in Mova's school dictionary: **a very large number of things or people** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a multitude, multitudes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A multitude is a very large number of things or people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#m1)

2) (formal, Bible) The multitude means a huge crowd of people; or ordinary people in general. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal writing: «a multitude of reasons», «a multitude of colours». In Bible stories: Jesus fed the multitude with five loaves and two fish. Phrase: «cover a multitude of sins» means hide many faults.

### examples

- There is a multitude of stars in the night sky. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x1)
- The coral reef is home to a multitude of fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x2)
- Jesus fed the multitude with five loaves and two fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x3)
- We had a multitude of reasons to be happy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x4)
- Multitudes gathered to hear him speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x5)
- A big coat can cover a multitude of sins. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x6)
- A sorrowful multitude accompanied them to the shore. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/#x7)

### note

Formal word; everyday: lots, loads, a huge number. «A multitude of» + plural noun. In maths it does not give an exact number; it just means very many.

### In the corpora

- ['As for Me, behold, My covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be the father of a multitude of nations.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.417/)
- [And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/EXO.349/)
- [the LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. —](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.9/)
- [Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.156/)
- [The sea is come up upon Babylon; she is covered with the multitude of the waves thereof.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1420/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «multitude» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/multitude/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.