ма́ссы — meaning in English

English meaning

• mass noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
• masses noun Ordinary people in general, especially thought of as a large group.

Senses

ма́ссы is used for these senses in English:

• general public Those members of the public who have no special role in a particular area, such as an airport, hospital or railway station; there will typically be restrictions on their access.
• hoi polloi (collective) The common people; the masses. (Used with or without the definite article.)
• mass (physics) A measure of the inertia of a mass of matter, one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
• mass (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
• masses (generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population.

mass — full definition

1. noun A large body or quantity of matter without a definite shape.
2. noun In physics, a measure of how much matter an object contains, and its resistance to acceleration.
3. noun A large number of people, or ordinary people as a whole.
4. adj Involving or affecting a very large number of people or things.
5. noun The Eucharist service in Roman Catholic and some other Christian traditions.

masses — full definition

1. noun Ordinary people in general, especially thought of as a large group.
2. noun The full population of a place or group.

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