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MYRIAD

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Dictionary entry overview: What does myriad mean?

• MYRIAD (noun)
The noun MYRIAD has 2 senses:

1. a large indefinite number
2. the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand

Familiarity information: MYRIAD used as a noun is rare.

• MYRIAD (adjective)
The adjective MYRIAD has 1 sense:

1. too numerous to be counted

Familiarity information: MYRIAD used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• MYRIAD (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A large indefinite number

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Context example:

he faced a myriad of details

Hypernyms ("myriad" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

10000; ten thousand; myriad

Hypernyms ("myriad" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

• MYRIAD (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Too numerous to be counted

Synonyms:

unnumbered; unnumberable; uncounted; numberless; myriad; multitudinous; innumerous; innumerable; countless; unnumerable; infinite

Context examples:

incalculable riches / countless hours / an infinite number of reasons / innumerable difficulties / the multitudinous seas / myriad stars / untold thousands

Similar:

incalculable (not capable of being computed or enumerated)

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