26984 words

mass

22 definitions • 26 examples
1
having an effect on or involving a large number of people or forming a large amount:

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a large amount of something that has no particular shape or arrangement:

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The explosion reduced the church to a mass of rubble.
The forest is a mass of colour in autumn.
3
a lot:

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[ + to infinitive ] I've got masses to do at the weekend.
There were masses of people in town today.
4
most of something:

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The mass of the people support the reforms.
5
a solid lump with no clear shape:

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The sauce was now a sticky mass at the bottom of the pan.
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the ordinary people who form the largest group in a society:

Examples:

He was popular with the rich but failed to win the support of the masses.
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the amount of matter in any solid object or in any volume of liquid or gas:

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The acceleration of a body equals the force exerted on it divided by its mass.
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the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom
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the difference between the mass of a nucleus (= central part of an atom) and the mass of the separate pieces that make up the nucleus
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a religious ceremony in some Christian Churches based on Jesus' last meal with his disciples, or music written for parts of this ceremony:

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to go to Mass
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to come together in large numbers:

Examples:

Thousands of troops have massed along the border in preparation for an invasion.
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A mass of earth and granite slid down into the narrow gorge.
We had to wade through masses of seaweed.
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the amount of matter in any solid object or in any volume of liquid or gas
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The mass number is the total number of protons and neutrons in an atom.
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The mass defect is the difference between the mass of a nucleus (= central part of an atom) and the mass of the separate pieces that make up the nucleus.
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the outside size or shape of an object, or how big it appears to be
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to come or bring together in large numbers:

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[ I ] The crowd massed around the entrance to the exhibition.
18
involving or having an effect on a large number of people or things:

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They hope the new movie will appeal to a mass audience.
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(esp. in the Roman Catholic Church) a religious ceremony based on Jesus’s last meal with his disciples (= the men who followed him), or music written for the parts of this ceremony
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having an effect on or involving a large number of people:

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There have been two decades of mass unemployment.
mass consumerism/consumption The society that we live in now is so geared to spending and mass consumerism.
21
the amount of matter in any solid object or volume of liquid or gas:

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These activities help strengthen bones and increase their mass.
22
a large amount of something:

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The media company has enjoyed a mass of hype.
They were part of the large mass of consumers who acquired a credit card in the 1980s.

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