mass

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/mæs/

noun 13verb 2adj 2name 2

Collocations

(noun.) large amount/number of sth

ADJ

enormous, great, huge, large, vast

broad

The festival attracted a broad mass of people from different age groups and backgrounds.

formless, shapeless

After the accident, the car was just a formless mass of twisted metal.

compact, dense, solid

chaotic

After the concert ended, fans rushed through the exits creating a chaotic mass of bodies and confusion.

tangled

After the storm, a tangled mass of branches and leaves blocked the entire road.

PREP

~ of

The protesters gathered in a mass of people outside the government building.

~es of

We found masses of old books in the attic when we cleaned it out last week.

(noun.) Mass: Christian ceremony

ADJ

requiem, Sunday

VERB + MASS

attend, go to, hear

Every week, my grandmother goes to Mass at the church near her house.

celebrate, offer, say

Every Sunday my grandmother says Mass at the cathedral near her home.

PREP

~ for

The priest held a special Mass for all the victims of the accident.

Definitions

noun

Matter, material.

And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […].

[…] and because a deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage.

Matter, material.

Right in the midst the Goddesse selfe did stand / Upon an altar of some costly masse […].

Matter, material.

blue mass

Matter, material.

verb

To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to assemble.

They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so.

Every bend on the hill had acted like a funnel to mass them together in this peculiar way.

adj

Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.

There is evidence of mass extinctions in the distant past.

The national liberation movement had not yet developed to a sufficiently mass scale.

Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.

Mass unemployment resulted from the financial collapse.

Every agency is sold on use of mass media today — or at least, it thinks it is — and what can be "masser" than television?

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the property of something that is great in magnitude

noun — the common people generally

noun — (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

adjective — formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole

aggregate
aggregated
aggregative

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

mass destruction

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see mass, destruction.

Example Bank

And if it were not for theſe Principles the Bodies of the Earth, Planets, Comets, Sun, and all things in them would grow cold and freeze, and become inactive Maſſes ; […].

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[…] and because a deep mass of continual sea is slower stirred to rage.

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Right in the midst the Goddesse selfe did stand / Upon an altar of some costly masse […].

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They would unavoidably mix up the whole of these declarations, and mass them together, although the Judge might direct the Jury not to do so.

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Every bend on the hill had acted like a funnel to mass them together in this peculiar way.

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Where there is too great a repetition of forms, light and shade will break them up or mass them together.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, mass is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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