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Definition of multiplicity :
The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.
Synonyms:
diversification, multiformity, multifariousness, gob, diversity, numerousness, variety, zillion, heap, big, load, trillion, miscellaneousness, variousness, heterogeneity, polymorphism, peck, bushel, passel, heterogeneousness, million, numerosity, jillion, oodles, scad, wad, slew, diverseness, lot, ream, same, variegation
Usage examples:
- He answered it by one equally good- humoured and playful, and perhaps more witty, addressed of course to Miss Baker, in which he excused himself at present in consequence of the multiplicity of his town engagements. - "The Bertrams", Anthony Trollope.
- Often they are wearied and confused by the multiplicity in which they must struggle; and they are not taught and encouraged to seek the healing experience of unity. - "The Life of the Spirit and the Life of To-day", Evelyn Underhill.
- It is needless to say here in what a multiplicity of companies Brough was engaged. - "The History of Samuel Titmarsh and the Great Hoggarty Diamond", William Makepeace Thackeray.