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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 1857 COCA: 1989

mass

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noun (1)

ˈmas How to pronounce mass (audio)
1
capitalized : the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist sense 1) especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite (see rite sense 1)
2
often capitalized : a celebration of the Eucharist (see eucharist sense 1)
Sunday masses held at three different hours
3
: a musical setting for the ordinary of the Mass
Bach's Mass in B Minor

mass

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noun (2)

1
a
: a quantity or aggregate of matter usually of considerable size
b(1)
: expanse, bulk
(2)
: massive quality or effect
(3)
: the main part or body
the great mass of the continent is buried under an ice cap Walter Sullivan
(4)
: aggregate, whole
men in the mass
c
: the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains and causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
2
: a large quantity, amount, or number
a mass of material
3
a
: a large body of persons in a group
a mass of spectators
b
: the great body of the people as contrasted with the elite
—often used in plural
the underprivileged and disadvantaged masses C. A. Buss

mass

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verb

massed; massing; masses

transitive verb

: to form or collect into a mass

intransitive verb

: to assemble in a mass
three thousand students had massed in the plaza A. E. Neville

mass

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adjective

1
a
: of or relating to the mass of the people
mass market
also : being one of or at one with the mass : average
mass man
b
: participated in by or affecting a large number of individuals
mass destruction
c
: having a large-scale character
mass plantings of tulips
2
: viewed as a whole : total
the mass effect of a design

Mass

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abbreviation

Massachusetts

Synonyms

Noun (2)

Verb

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bulk, mass, volume mean the aggregate that forms a body or unit.

bulk implies an aggregate that is impressively large, heavy, or numerous.

the darkened bulk of the skyscrapers

mass suggests an aggregate made by piling together things of the same kind.

a mass of boulders

volume applies to an aggregate without shape or outline and capable of flowing or fluctuating.

a tremendous volume of water

Example Sentences

Verb A large crowd of demonstrators massed outside the courthouse. Clouds were massing on the horizon. The generals massed their troops. Adjective Television is a mass medium.

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English, from Old English mæsse, modification of Vulgar Latin *messa, literally, dismissal at the end of a religious service, from Late Latin missa, from Latin, feminine of missus, past participle of mittere to send

Noun (2)

Middle English masse, from Anglo-French, from Latin massa, from Greek maza; akin to Greek massein to knead — more at mingle

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Adjective

1733, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of mass was before the 12th century

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