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Princeton's WordNet

  1. multitude, masses, mass, hoi polloi, people, the great unwashednoun

    the common people generally

    "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

Wiktionary

  1. massesnoun

    People, especially a large number of people

  2. massesnoun

    The total population.

    The masses will be voting this Tuesday.

  3. massesnoun

    The lower classes or all but the elite.

    ...the ignorant masses...

  4. Massesnoun

    Plural form of Mass.

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  1. masses

    1. In physics, masses refers to the property of a physical body which determines the strength of its mutual gravitational attraction with other bodies, its resistance to being accelerated by a force, and in the Einsteinian interpretation, its gravitational distortion of local spacetime. 2. In general terms, masses can also refer to large numbers of people, often implying common characteristics or anonymity among them, such as the working masses or the masses of a country. 3. In religious context, particularly in Christianity, the Mass is the central act of worship, which involves the consecration of bread and wine that become, in a mystical way, the body and blood of Christ. 4. It can also refer to a significant amount or quantity of a particular substance or material, for instance a mass of data or geological mass.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Masses in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Masses in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Masses in a Sentence

  1. The Rev. William Barber:

    Bernice King actually said that the systems of segregation and voter suppression were stratagems... that were used by the Southern aristocracy to keep the masses of poor Negro voters and White voters from coming together and forming a political power base that could shift the economic architecture of the country, too often today, our leaders are not talking like that.

  2. Giordano Bruno:

    It is proof of a base and low mind for one to wish to think with the masses or majority, merely because the majority is the majority. Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people.

  3. Achmad Sukarsono:

    The only way for the opposition to win is to debunk the argument that Jokowi is one of the masses, and to attack his weakest spot, which is his shyness in showing his religion.

  4. Adolf Hitler:

    The nationalization of the masses can be successfully achieved only if, in the positive struggle to win the soul of the people, those who spread the international poison among them are exterminated.

  5. Julian Reichelt:

    The phenomenon of Angela Merkel is basically leading from behind, you see where people are going and you follow the masses, you don't lead the masses. Angela Merkel was brilliant at doing that.

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