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- [mas]
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Definitions of mass word
- noun mass the celebration of the Eucharist. Compare High Mass, Low Mass. 1
- noun mass (sometimes lowercase) a musical setting of certain parts of this service, as the Kyrie eleison, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, and Agnus Dei. 1
- adjective mass pertaining to, involving, or affecting a large number of people: mass unemployment; mass migrations; mass murder. 1
- adjective mass participated in or performed by a large number of people, especially together in a group: mass demonstrations; mass suicide. 1
- adjective mass pertaining to, involving, or characteristic of the mass of the people: the mass mind; a movie designed to appeal to a mass audience. 1
- adjective mass reaching or designed to reach a large number of people: television, newspapers, and other means of mass communication. 1
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Origin of mass
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English masse < Latin massa mass < Greek mâza barley cake, akin to mássein to knead
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Parts of speech for Mass
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mass popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mass usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mass
noun mass
- throng — a multitude of people crowded or assembled together; crowd.
- horde — a large group, multitude, number, etc.; a mass or crowd: a horde of tourists.
- group — any collection or assemblage of persons or things; cluster; aggregation: a group of protesters; a remarkable group of paintings.
- crowd — A crowd is a large group of people who have gathered together, for example to watch or listen to something interesting, or to protest about something.
- number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
adjective mass
- grassroots — the common or ordinary people, especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization, etc.; the rank and file.
- in bulk — magnitude in three dimensions: a ship of great bulk.
- wholesale — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
- quantitative — that is or may be estimated by quantity.
- wide-ranging — extending over a large area; extensive or diversified in scope: wide-ranging lands; a wide-ranging discussion.
verb mass
- concentrate — If you concentrate on something, or concentrate your mind on it, you give all your attention to it.
- put by — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
- accumulate — When you accumulate things or when they accumulate, they collect or are gathered over a period of time.
- goose — any of numerous wild or domesticated, web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genera Anser and Branta, most of which are larger and have a longer neck and legs than the ducks.
Antonyms for mass
noun mass
- whole — comprising the full quantity, amount, extent, number, etc., without diminution or exception; entire, full, or total: He ate the whole pie. They ran the whole distance.
- individual — a single human being, as distinguished from a group.
- valley — an elongated depression between uplands, hills, or mountains, especially one following the course of a stream.
- opening — an open or clear space.
- one — being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather than two or more; a single: one woman; one nation; one piece of cake.
adjective mass
- handful — the quantity or amount that the hand can hold: a handful of coins.
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