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multitude.

A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/Received-Pronunciation[-t͡ʃ-]Received-Pronunciation/ˈmʊltɪt͡ʃuːd/Northern-England/ˈmʌltəˌt(j)ud/General-American
  1. A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

  2. The mass of ordinary people; the masses, the populace.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English multitude, multitud, multytude (“(great) amount or number of people or things; multitudinous”), borrowed from Old French multitude (“crowd of people; diversity, wide range”), or directly from its etymon Latin multitūdō (“great amount or number of people or things”), from multus (“many; much”) + -tūdō (suffix forming abstract nouns indicating a state or condition). The English word is analysable as multi- + -itude.

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