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mass
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- pronunciation:
- maes
- parts of speech:
- noun, adjective, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, adjective, verb), Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a body of relatively formless matter, often of a large size.
She put a mass of wet clay on her potter's wheel.- synonyms:
- hunk
- similar words:
- agglomerate, block, cake, chunk, clump, concretion, deposit, glob, lump, wad
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| definition 2: |
a large unspecified amount or number.
A mass of people had already flooded the hall by the time we arrived.- synonyms:
- accumulation, aggregation, crowd, horde, host, lot, multitude, throng
- similar words:
- abundance, assembly, bank, bunch, collection, deposit, fleet, flock, gathering, group, heap, load, many, multiplicity, myriad, pile, quantity, stack, ton, volume
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| definition 3: |
the greater part of anything.
The mass of the club members wanted yearly elections.- synonyms:
- body, bulk, majority, most, weight
- similar words:
- lion's share
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| definition 4: |
size or bulk.
Because of the bell's great mass, it was only with major difficulty that it was raised to the bell tower.- similar words:
- bulk, dimensions, gravity, magnitude, matter, size, volume, weight
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| definition 5: |
(pl.) the total body of common people (usu. prec. by "the").
The rulers did little to relieve the hardships of the masses.Critics didn't like the film, but it appealed to the masses.- synonyms:
- crowd, mob, multitude, people, public
- similar words:
- canaille, hoi polloi, proletariat, rabble
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| definition 6: |
in physics, the quality of a body that determines its resistance to acceleration.
The earth has a greater mass than Mercury.- similar words:
- bulk, matter, weight
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| related words: |
accumulation, army, batch, benediction, body, ceremony, church, clod, clot, cluster, conglomeration, crush, deposition, drift, gather, growth, jam, legion, liturgy, lot, mountain, ocean, office, profusion, proportion, wave, wealth |
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
pertaining to, involving, or affecting the masses or large numbers of people.
TV is a form of mass communication.The Super Bowl is an important event of American mass culture.The dictator was accused of mass murder.The victims were buried in a mass grave.- synonyms:
- popular, public
- similar words:
- mob, plebeian
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| definition 2: |
carried out or occuring on a large scale.
These weapons are capable of causing mass destruction.Mass production of automobiles began in the early twentieth century. |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
masses, massing, massed |
| definition: |
to merge together to form a mass.
People massed in front of the courthouse, waiting for the verdict.- synonyms:
- amass, collect, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, crowd, gather, throng
- similar words:
- agglomerate, cluster, horde
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| related words: |
band, clot, concentrate, congregate, flock, huddle, pack, throng |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to assemble or group into a mass.
- synonyms:
- aggregate, assemble, collect, concentrate, conglomerate, congregate, gather
- similar words:
- agglomerate, amass
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| related words: |
band, bank, cluster, collect, concentrate, pack |
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