myriad

Intermediatezipf 3.49

Pronunciation

/ˈmɪriəd/(MIR-ee-ud)

Part of speech

noun / adjectiveformal

Chinese

无数的；大量的

Definition

A countless or extremely great number of things.

Word family

  • (no major derivatives)

Collocations

  • myriad of reasons
  • myriad options
  • myriad challenges
  • face myriad problems

Examples

  1. 1.The city offers a myriad of cultural experiences. (noun: huge number)
  2. 2.We face myriad challenges in implementing this policy. (adj: countless)

Synonyms

  • countless/ˈkaʊntləs/— too many to count
  • innumerable/ɪˈnjuːmərəbl/— too many to number
  • multitude/ˈmʌltɪtjuːd/— large number, noun

Etymology

from Greek "myrias" = ten thousand — originally meant exactly 10,000, now means "countless"