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    MULTIPLICITY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The property of being multipleplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("multiplicity" is a kind of...):

    magnitude (the property of relative size or extent (whether large or small))

    Derivation:

    multiple (having or involving or consisting of more than one part or entity or individual)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    A large numberplay

    Synonyms:

    multiplicity; numerosity; numerousness

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

    Hypernyms ("multiplicity" is a kind of...):

    figure; number (the property possessed by a sum or total or indefinite quantity of units or individuals)

    Attribute:

    many (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'as' or 'too' or 'so' or 'that'; amounting to a large but indefinite number)

    few (a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by 'a'; a small but indefinite number)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "multiplicity"):

    multitudinousness (a very large number (especially of people))

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