Vocabulary
Multitude
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a large number of people or things.
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It cannot create enough jobs for the youth, or furnish income-generating opportunities for women at a rate sufficiently fast to make any meaningful impact in the lives of the multitude.
- They speak in circles, leaving just enough room for their prophecies to be interpreted in a multitude of ways, ensuring that no matter what happens, they can claim to have predicted it.
- Add to this the complex interplay of a multitude of political discourses centred on caste,class,religion,ethnicity, language, and ideologies and it becomes impossible to navigate through the maze.
- IN recent years, the rule of law has become a buzzword in Pakistan`s political discourse, with a multitude of voices expressing support for this ideal.
- IN recent years, the rule of law has become a buzzword in Pakistan`s political discourse, with a multitude of voices expressing support for this ideal.
Synonyms
a lot, a great/large number, a great/large quantity, host, horde, mass, mountain, drove
Curator example
“a multitude of medical conditions are due to being overweight”
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