What does myriad mean?

Definitions for myriad
ˈmɪr i ədmyr·i·ad

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. myriadnoun

    a large indefinite number

    "he faced a myriad of details"

  2. ten thousand, 10000, myriadadjective

    the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand

  3. countless, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, uncounted, unnumberable, unnumbered, unnumerableadjective

    too numerous to be counted

    "incalculable riches"; "countless hours"; "an infinite number of reasons"; "innumerable difficulties"; "the multitudinous seas"; "myriad stars"; "untold thousands"

Wiktionary

  1. myriadnoun

    Ten thousand; 10,000.

  2. myriadnoun

    A countless number or multitude (of specified things).

    Earth hosts a myriad of animals.

  3. myriadadjective

    Multifaceted, having innumerable elements.

  4. myriadadjective

    Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous.

    Earth hosts myriad animals.

  5. Etymology: From myriade, from myrias (genitive of myriadis), from μυριάδος, genitive of μυριάς, from μύριος.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Myriadnoun

    Etymology: μύριας.

    Assemble thou,
    Of all those myriads, which we lead, the chief. John Milton.

    Are there legions of devils who are continually designing and working our ruin? there are also myriads of good angels who are more cheerful and officious to do us good. John Tillotson.

    Safe sits the goddess in her dark retreat;
    Around her, myriads of ideas wait,
    And endless shapes. Matthew Prior.

Wikipedia

  1. Myriad

    A myriad (from Ancient Greek μυριάς, myrias) is technically the number 10,000 (ten thousand); in that sense, the term is used in English almost exclusively for literal translations from Greek, Latin or Sinospheric languages (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnam), or when talking about ancient Greek numerals. More generally, a myriad may be used in colloquial vernaculars to imply an indefinitely large number.

ChatGPT

  1. myriad

    Myriad is a term used to describe a large or indefinite number or variety of things. It signifies a multitude, multitude, or countless quantity, often suggesting an overwhelming abundance or diversity.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Myriadnoun

    the number of ten thousand; ten thousand persons or things

  2. Myriadnoun

    an immense number; a very great many; an indefinitely large number

  3. Myriadadjective

    consisting of a very great, but indefinite, number; as, myriad stars

  4. Etymology: [Gr. , , fr. numberless, pl. ten thousand: cf. F. myriade.]

Wikidata

  1. Myriad

    Myriad, "numberless, countless, infinite", is a classical Greek word for the number 10,000. In modern English, the word refers to an unspecified large quantity.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Myriad

    mir′i-ad, n. any immense number.—adj. numberless. [Gr. myrias, myriados, ten thousand.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of myriad in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of myriad in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of myriad in a Sentence

  1. Jean Iris Murdoch:

    A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the faade of his appearance.

  2. Morgan Stanley:

    Despite the myriad announcements of capex cuts, production has yet to respond enough to rebalance the market.

  3. Black Americans:

    The race card is not the only one of the left's go-to weapons of choice against an America they've grown to despise, but it's also a tool of distraction from their myriad policy failures, the fact is, for decades now, Democrats have spectacularly failed — failed the very people they claim to be helping with all this racial hectoring.

  4. Oliver Barron:

    After the market continued to fall despite myriad support measures, the government reached peak panic mode and must have worried that investors would not only lose confidence in the markets, but in the government itself.

  5. Dr. Jose P. Rizal:

    The sea, the sea is everything! Its sovereign mass brings to me atoms of a myriad faraway lands;Its bright smile animates me in the limpid mornings. And when at the end of day my faith has failed me, My heart echoes the sound of its sorrow in the sands! (Mi Retiro)

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