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umpteen

ump·teen
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [uhmp-teen]
    • /ˈʌmpˈtin/
    • /ʌmpˈtiːn/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [uhmp-teen]
    • /ˈʌmpˈtin/

Definitions of umpteen word

  • adjective umpteen innumerable; many. 1
  • adjective umpteen countless 1
  • determiner umpteen Umpteen can be used to refer to an extremely large number of things or people. 0
  • determiner umpteen very many 0
  • determiner umpteen (as pronoun) 0
  • adjective umpteen a great number of; very many 0

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Origin of umpteen

First appearance:

before 1915
One of the 14% newest English words
1915-20; ump(ty), fanciful designation for an indeterminate number (with -ty as in twenty, etc.) + -teen

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Parts of speech for Umpteen

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

umpteen popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 54% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

umpteen usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for umpteen

adj umpteen

  • alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
  • countless — Countless means very many.
  • heaper — a group of things placed, thrown, or lying one on another; pile: a heap of stones.
  • immeasurable — incapable of being measured; limitless: the immeasurable vastness of the universe.
  • innumerous — very numerous.

noun umpteen

  • caboodle — a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
  • manifoldness — (mathematics) multiplicity.
  • number — one of a series of things distinguished by or marked with numerals.
  • zillion — an extremely large, indeterminate number.
  • zillions — Plural form of zillion.

adjective umpteen

  • millions — a cardinal number, a thousand times one thousand.
  • numberless — innumerable; countless; myriad.

Top questions with umpteen

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