Word Frequency
mass (mæs
)
Definitions
noun
- a large coherent body of matter without a definite shape
- a collection of the component parts of something
- a large amount or number, such as a great body of people
- the main part or majority ⇒
the mass of the people voted against the government's policy
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See in the mass
- the size of a body; bulk
- (physics) a physical quantity expressing the amount of matter in a body. It is a measure of a body's resistance to changes in velocity (inertial mass) and also of the force experienced in a gravitational field (gravitational mass): according to the theory of relativity, inertial and gravitational masses are equal See also inertial mass, gravitational mass
- (in painting, drawing, etc) an area of unified colour, shade, or intensity, usually denoting a solid form or plane
- (pharmacology) a pastelike composition of drugs from which pills are made
- (mining) an irregular deposit of ore not occurring in veins
modifier
- done or occurring on a large scale ⇒
mass hysteria
,mass radiography
- consisting of a mass or large number, esp of people ⇒
a mass meeting
verb
- to form (people or things) or (of people or things) to join together into a mass ⇒
the crowd massed outside the embassy
Derived Forms
massed adjectivemassedly (ˈmæsɪdlɪ
; ˈmæstlɪ
) adverb
; ˈmæstlɪ
) adverbWord Origin
C14: from Old French masse, from Latin massa that which forms a lump, from Greek maza barley cake; perhaps related to Greek massein to kneadSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = lot, collection, load, combination, pile, quantity, bunch, stack, heap, rick, batch, accumulation, stockpile, assemblage, aggregation, conglomeration
= crowd, group, body, pack, lot, army, host, band, troop, drove, crush, bunch, mob, flock, herd, number, horde, multitude, throng, rabble, assemblage
= large-scale, general, popular, widespread, extensive, universal, wholesale, indiscriminate, pandemic
Translations for 'mass'
- British English: mass A mass of something is a large amount of it.He had a mass of black hair.mæs NOUN
- Arabic: مِقْدَارٌ كَبِيرٌ
- Brazilian Portuguese: montão
- Chinese: 大量
- Croatian: masa
- Czech: masa
- Danish: masse
- Dutch: massahoeveelheid
- European Spanish: masavolumen
- Finnish: suuri joukko
- French: masse
- German: Masse
- Greek: μάζα
- Italian: massa
- Japanese: 大量amount
- Korean: 풍성한
- Norwegian: mengde
- Polish: mnóstwoilość
- Portuguese: montão
- Romanian: masă mase
- Russian: масса
- Spanish: masamagnitud física
- Swedish: massamängd
- Thai: จำนวนมาก
- Turkish: kütle
- Ukrainian: маса
- Vietnamese: khối lượng
- British English: mass Mass is used to describe something which involves or affects a very large number of people. ADJECTIVE...ideas on combating mass unemployment.
- Brazilian Portuguese: de massa
- Chinese: 人数众多的人数數众眾多的
- European Spanish: masivo masiva
- French: massif massive
- German: Massen-
- Italian: di massa
- Japanese: 多数の
- Korean: 대량의
- Portuguese: de massa
- Spanish: masivo masiva
- British English: mass When people or things mass, or when you mass them, they gather together into a large crowd or group. VERBShortly after the workers went on strike, police began to mass at the shipyard.
- Brazilian Portuguese: juntar-se em massa
- Chinese: 聚集
- European Spanish: concentrarse
- French: s'assembler
- German: sich massieren
- Italian: radunarsi
- Japanese: 集結させる/集結する
- Korean: 모이다
- Portuguese: juntar-se em massa
- Spanish: concentrarse
- British English: Mass Mass is a Christian church ceremony during which people eat bread and drink wine in order to remember the last meal of Jesus Christ.She went to Mass each day.mæs NOUN
- Arabic: قُدّاسُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: missa
- Chinese: 弥撒
- Croatian: misa
- Czech: mše
- Danish: messe
- Dutch: misin kerk
- European Spanish: misa
- Finnish: messukirkko
- French: messe
- German: Messe
- Greek: λειτουργίαεκκλησία
- Italian: messa
- Japanese: ミサ
- Korean: 미사
- Norwegian: messe
- Polish: mszakościół
- Portuguese: missa
- Romanian: slujbă religioasă slujbe religioase
- Russian: месса
- Spanish: misa
- Swedish: mässa
- Thai: พิธีมิสซา
- Turkish: ayinkilise
- Ukrainian: меса
- Vietnamese: lễ ban thánh thể
Example Sentences Including 'mass'
A small brown bird suddenly dropped out of the swirling mass of Gore Crows.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
By late afternoon, most of the dead had been placed in white cotton shrouds and buried in mass graves.Irish Times (2002)
Pickering, whose face was a mass of broken blood vessels, shook Sharpe's hand.SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR (2001)
THE threat of mass resignations by GPs from the NHS last night forced the government to agree to urgent talks about their contracts.Glasgow Herald (2001)
The front door had been opened by an elderly woman with a mass of permed grey curls.TICKLED PINK (2002)
The influx of mass tourism has had a degenerative effect on the separate identities of each of the Balearic Islands.Country Life (2005)
The mass of Iad, which was now within two hundred yards of the door, was apparently indifferent to the tremors.EVERVILLE (2001)
The nineteenth century was an era of mass migration throughout the Old World.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Washington has insisted on unconditional inspections of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction capabilities.Irish Times (2002)
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