multitude
noun
a great number; host.
multitudes
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pluralof multitude.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Parton didn’t have children, and her husband died in 2025, but she had 11 siblings and multitudes of nieces and nephews.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
The hilltop cemetery may be a resting place for multitudes, but it’s also a seemingly endless open-air sculpture museum.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
She's given to grand proclamations like "I'm unstoppable", or "I will exist in multitudes".
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
No single category can contain the Whitmanesque multitudes jockeying for position inside us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
What’s dangerous in the hands of the multitudes, he said, with what may or may not have been irony, is safe enough for those whose motives are .
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
