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multidão — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • army noun A large organized force trained and equipped for warfare, especially on land.
  • concourse noun A large open area inside or in front of a building, especially one linking routes such as platforms in a station or terminal.
  • crowd noun A large number of people gathered closely together.
  • heap noun A pile of things gathered or thrown together.
  • horde noun A large, often unruly crowd of people.
  • many det A large but unspecified number of (used with countable nouns).
  • mob noun A large, disorderly crowd, especially one acting in an unruly or aggressive way.
  • multitude noun A very large number of people or things.
  • raft noun A flat floating platform, often made of logs or planks lashed together, used to carry people or cargo on water.
  • swarm noun A large group of insects, especially bees, moving or migrating together.

Senses

multidão is used for these senses in English:

  • army (figuratively) Any multitude.
  • concourse A large group of people; a crowd.
  • heap A crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of people.
  • horde A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
  • horde A large number of people or things.
  • many A multitude; a great aggregate; a mass of people; the generality; the common herd.
  • mob (Australian Aboriginal) A group of Aboriginal people associated with an extended family group, clan group or wider community group, from a particular place or country.
  • multitude A great amount or number, often of people; abundance, myriad, profusion.

army — full definition

  1. noun A large organized force trained and equipped for warfare, especially on land.
  2. noun A large group of people or things organized or working toward a common goal.

concourse — full definition

  1. noun A large open area inside or in front of a building, especially one linking routes such as platforms in a station or terminal.
  2. noun A large crowd of people gathered together.

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