English dictionary
mass
adjectivePronunciation
mæs
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
noun
- the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
noun
- the property of something that is great in magnitude
noun
- an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
noun
- the common people generally
noun
- a body of matter without definite shape
noun
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
verb
- join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
Example sentences
aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year
the aggregated amount of indebtedness
it is cheaper to buy it in bulk
he received a mass of correspondence
the volume of exports
separate the warriors from the mass
power to the people
a huge ice mass
a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
Crowds were massing outside the palace