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Definition of 'myriad'Noun
( en-noun)
A countless number or multitude (of specified things)
- Earth hosts a myriad of animals.
Usage notes
Used as an adjective (see below), 'myriad' requires neither an article before it nor a preposition after. Because of this, some consider the usage described in sense 2 above, where 'myriad' acts as part of a nominal (or noun) group (that is, "a myriad of animals"), to be tautological.
Adjective
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(modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements
* 1931 , William Faulkner, Sanctuary , Vintage 1993, p. 131:
- one night he would be singing at the barred window and yelling down out of the soft myriad darkness of a May night; the next night he would be gone [...].
* 2011' April 6–19, Kara Krekeler, "Researchers at Washington U. have 'itch' to cure problem", ''West End Word'', ' 40 (7), p. 8:
- "As a clinician, it's a difficult symptom to treat," Cornelius said. "The end symptom may be the same, but what's causing it may be myriad ."
(modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous
- Earth hosts myriad animals.
* 2013 September 28, , " London Is Special, but Not That Special ," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
- Driven by a perceived political need to adopt a hard-line stance, Mr. Cameron’s coalition government has imposed myriad new restrictions, the aim of which is to reduce net migration to Britain to below 100,000.
See also
* plethora
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