myriad

myr·i·ad

 (mĭr′ē-əd)

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 large, indefinite number: a myriad of microorganisms in the pond; myriads of stars in the galaxy.

2. Archaic Ten thousand.

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[Greek mūrias, mūriad-, ten thousand, from mūrios, countless.]

Usage Note: Throughout most of its history in English myriad was used as a noun, as in a myriad of reasons. In the 1800s, it began to be used in poetry as an adjective, as in myriad dreams. 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, however, both uses are acceptable today.

myriad

(ˈmɪrɪəd)

adj

innumerable

n

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

2. archaic ten thousand

[C16: via Late Latin from Greek murias ten thousand]

myr•i•ad

(ˈmɪr i əd)

n.

1. an indefinitely great number of persons or things.

2. ten thousand.

adj.

3. of an indefinitely great number; innumerable.

4. having innumerable phases, aspects, variations, etc.

[1545–55; < Greek mȳriad-, s. of mȳriás ten thousand]

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

myriad

noun

1. 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

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

myriad

adjective

Amounting to or consisting of a large, indefinite number:

legion, many, multitudinous, numerous.

Idiom: quite a few.

Translations

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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