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noun
- 1. a coherent, typically large body of matter with no definite shape: "a mass of curly hair" Similar
- 2. a large number of people or objects crowded together: "a mass of cyclists" Similar
adjective
- 1. relating to, done by, or affecting large numbers of people or things: "the movie has mass appeal"
verb
- 1. assemble or cause to assemble into a mass or as one body: "both countries began massing troops in the region"
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The meaning of MASS is the liturgy of the Eucharist especially in accordance with the traditional Latin rite. How to use mass in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Mass.
a large amount of something that has no particular shape or arrangement: The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble. The forest is a mass of colour in autumn. masses [ plural ] UK informal. B2. a lot: [ + to infinitive ] I've got masses to do at the weekend. There were masses of people in town today. the mass of something.
a physical quantity expressing the amount of matter in a body. It is a measure of a body's resistance to changes in velocity (inertial mass) and also of the force experienced in a gravitational field (gravitational mass): according to the theory of relativity, inertial and gravitational masses are equal
noun. a body of coherent matter, usually of indefinite shape and often of considerable size: a mass of dough. Medicine/Medical, Pathology. an abnormal lump in the body, often in the form of a cyst or tumor: The mass they removed was alarmingly large, but the great news is that it was benign.
If something is very big we say it has great mass — or is massive. If we talk about a large group of people, we talk about a mass demonstration or a mass of demonstrators. We refer to poor or common people as the masses — there are a lot of them. Doctors refer to tumors inside our bodies as masses.
[plural] the ordinary people in society who are not leaders or who are considered to be not very well educated. government attempts to suppress dissatisfaction among the masses. a TV programme that brings science to the masses.
1. a. Public celebration of the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church and some Protestant churches. b. The sacrament of the Eucharist. 2. A musical setting of certain parts of the Mass, especially the Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, and Agnus Dei.
MASS definition: 1. a solid lump with no clear shape: 2. a large amount or number of something: 3. in physics, the…. Learn more.
mass meaning, definition, what is mass: a large amount of a substance which does...: Learn more.
verb. /mæs/ [intransitive, transitive] Verb Forms. to come together in large numbers; to gather people or things together in large numbers. (+ adv./prep.) Demonstrators had massed outside the embassy. Dark clouds massed on the horizon. Their troops were massing for war. mass somebody/something The general massed his troops for a final attack.
