myriad

Pluralmyriads

1. 1
   nouncountable

   A very large number of things, too many to count.

   The garden was home to a myriad of bees and butterflies.

   Myriads of fish swam past the boat.

   Similarplethora, wealth, scores, deluge

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2. 2
   adjective

   Very many, too many to count.

   We could see myriad stars from the top of the hill.

   The city offers myriad ways to spend a free afternoon.

   Similarcountless, innumerable, numerous, untold, many

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3. 3
   ten thousandnounformalcountable

   The number ten thousand (10,000).

   The king's army had two myriads of soldiers, or twenty thousand men.

   The ancient Greeks counted big numbers by the myriad, not by the thousand.

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4. 4
   adjective

   Made of very many different parts.

   He got lost in the myriad noise of the big city.

   From the hill we listened to the myriad sound of the forest at night.

   Similarmultifaceted, varied, diverse, manifold

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