Meaning & use
multitudes
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Very large numbers of people or things.
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Multitudes of fans lined the streets to watch the parade.
The report cites multitudes of small errors that added up to a major failure.
A note on using this word
Often used in slightly formal or literary contexts, and famously in the phrase 'I contain multitudes,' meaning a person holds many, even contradictory, qualities.
Words with a similar meaning
crowdsmasses
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Words with an opposite meaning
handful
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