myriad (redirected from Myriads)

myr·i·ad  (mr-d)

adj.

1. Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean.

2. Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis.

n.

1. A vast number: the myriads of bees in the hive.

2. Archaic Ten thousand.

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[Greek mrias, mriad-, ten thousand, from mrios, countless.]

Usage Note: Throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a myriad of men. In the 19th century it began to be used in poetry as an adjective, as in myriad men. Both usages in English are acceptable, as in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Myriad myriads of lives." This poetic, adjectival use became so well entrenched generally that many people came to consider it as the only correct use. In fact, both uses in English are parallel with those of the original ancient Greek. The Greek word mrias, from which myriad derives, could be used as either a noun or an adjective, but the noun mrias was used in general prose and in mathematics while the adjective mrias was used only in poetry.

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myriad [ˈmɪrɪəd]

adj

innumerable

n

1. (also used in plural) a large indefinite number

2. Archaic ten thousand

[via Late Latin from Greek murias ten thousand]

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Myriad a countless mumber of persons, animals, or things; specifically, a group of 10,000.

Examples: myriad eyes, 1830; of horses, 1803; of lambs, 1817; of lives, 1800; of men, 1555; of people, 1660; of precedent, 1860; of sundry cases, 1570.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	myriad - a large indefinite number; "he faced a myriad of details" large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
	2.	myriad - the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand 10000, ten thousand large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Adj.	1.	myriad - too numerous to be counted; "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands" innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerable, countless, infinite incalculable - not capable of being computed or enumerated

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myriad

noun

multitude, millions, scores, host, thousands, army, sea, mountain, flood, a million, a thousand, swarm, horde They face a myriad of problems bringing up children.

adjective

innumerable, countless, untold, incalculable, immeasurable, a thousand and one, multitudinous pop culture in all its myriad forms

Translations

myriad [ˈmɪrɪəd] (frm)

A. ADJ a myriad flies → un sinnúmero or una miríada de moscas

B. N → miríada f
the myriad of problems we face → la miríada de problemas a la que nos enfrentamos

myriad [ˈmɪriəd]

n → myriade f
a myriad of problems → une myriade de problèmes

adj (= countless) → innombrable
in all its myriad forms → sous toutes ses diverses formes

myriad

n → Myriade f; a myriad of → Myriaden von

adj (= innumerable) → unzählige

myriad [ˈmɪrɪəd] n → miriade f