myriad
pronunciation
How to pronounce myriad in British English:
UK [ˈmɪriəd]
How to pronounce myriad in American English:
US [ˈmɪriəd]
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- Noun:
- a large indefinite number
- the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand
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- Adjective:
- too numerous to be counted
Word Origin
- myriad (n.)
- 1550s, from Middle French myriade and directly from Late Latin myrias (genitive myriadis) "ten thousand," from Greek myrias (genitive myriados) "a number of ten thousand, countless numbers," from myrios (plural myrioi) "innumerable, countless, infinite; boundless," as a definite number, "ten thousand" ("the greatest number in Greek expressed by one word," Liddell & Scott say), of unknown origin; perhaps from PIE *meue- "abundant" (cognates: Hittite muri- "cluster of grapes," Latin muto "penis," Middle Irish moth "penis"). Specific use is usually in translations from Greek or Latin.
- myriad (adj.)
- c. 1800, from myriad (n.).
Synonym
Example
- 1. China faces myriad serious social challenges at the moment .
- 2. Then they spent nearly an hour going over the myriad rules for demonstrations .
- 3. They reduce the myriad of tasks involved in internet marketing down to something a handful of people can manage .
- 4. Chaotically multiplying , the abnormal cells mutate , evolving myriad new characteristics : resistance to chemotherapy or an ability to establish colonies in distant parts of the body .
- 5. It is a war with myriad innocent victims .