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DOZENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large number or amount
Example:
she amassed stacks of newspapers
Synonyms:
dozens; gobs; heaps; lashings; loads; lots; oodles; piles; rafts; scads; scores; slews; stacks; tons; wads
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("dozens" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Context examples:
You have seen it on dozens of girls, and you never found out that it was pretty till now—stupide!
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Other people have dozens, scores, hundreds. I have only one. There's the difference. However, that's beside the question. The best school? Whatever the motive, you want the best?”
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He planned to buy some more clothes, to subscribe to many magazines, and to buy dozens of reference books that at present he was compelled to go to the library to consult.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
The researchers found dozens of sizeable permanently shadowed regions across the northern hemisphere.
(Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate, NASA)
The discovery, which was accomplished by comparing data from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) and Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope, has enabled the researchers to uncover dozens of new blazar candidates.
(WISE, Fermi Missions Reveal a Surprising Blazar Connection, NASA)
The second mission extension provided dozens of flybys of the planet's icy moons, using the spacecraft's remaining rocket propellant along the way.
(Cassini Spacecraft Ends Its Historic Exploration of Saturn, NASA)
Bacteria in waters above dozens of coral reefs change dramatically during the night, scientists have discovered, then return to the same daytime community they lived in the morning before.
(Bacteria living near coral reefs change in synchrony across distances, National Science Foundation)
They didn't count on finding dozens of octopuses huddled around those openings.
(Giant group of octopus moms discovered in the deep sea, National Science Foundation)
Dozens of empty bottles clinked together in corners to the rolling of the ship.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
After analyzing dozens of samples, the team identified a blue-colored clay from the Oregon Cascades that proved to be highly antibacterial.
(Scientists discover how blue and green clays kill bacteria, NSF)
