English-Thai Dictionary

numerous

ADJ มากมาย  มาก  เยอะแยะ  diverse copious many various mak-mai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

NUMEROUS

a.[L.] 1. Being many, or consisting of a great number of individuals; as a numerous army; a numerous body; a numerous people.
2. Consisting of poetic numbers; melodious; musical. In prose, a style becomes numerous by the alternate disposition or intermixture of long and short syllables, or of long and short words; or by a judicious selection and disposition of smooth flowing words, and by closing the periods with important or well sounding words.

 

NUMEROUSLY

adv. In great numbers.

 

NUMEROUSNESS

n. 1. The quality of being numerous or many; the quality of consisting of a great number of individuals; as the numerousness of an army or of an assembly.
2. The quality of consisting of poetic numbers; melodiousness; musicalness.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

NUMEROUS

Nu "mer *ous, a. Etym: [L. numerosus. See Number. ]

 

1. Consisting of a great number of units or individual objects; being many; as, a numerous army. Such and so numerous was their chivalry. Milton.

 

2. Consisting of poetic numbers; rhythmical; measured and counted; melodious; musical. [Obs. ] Such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse. Milton. -- Nu "mer *ous *ly, adv. -- Nu "mer *ous *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

numerous

nu mer ous |ˈn (y )o͞om (ə )rəs ˈn (j )um (ə )rəs | ▶adjective great in number; many: he has attended numerous meetings and social events. • consisting of many members: the orchestra and chorus were numerous. DERIVATIVES nu mer ous ly adverb, nu mer ous ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin numerosus, from numerus ‘a number. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

numerous

nu ¦mer |ous |ˈnjuːm (ə )rəs | ▶adjective great in number; many: she had complained to the council on numerous occasions. • consisting of many members: the orchestra and chorus were numerous. DERIVATIVES numerously adverb, numerousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin numerosus, from numerus ‘a number ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

numerous

numerous adjective numerous studies have been published on the subject: many, very many, a lot of, scores of, countless, numberless, innumerable; several, quite a few, various; plenty of, copious, a quantity of, an abundance of, a profusion of, a multitude of; frequent; informal umpteen, lots of, loads of, masses of, stacks of, heaps of, bags of, tons of, oodles of, hundreds of, thousands of, millions of, gazillions of, more —— than one can shake a stick at; literary myriad. ANTONYMS few.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

numerous

numerous adjective numerous studies have been published on the subject: many, a lot of, a great many, very many, countless, scores of, innumerable; several, quite a few, various, diverse; a great number of, a great deal of, plenty of, copious, a quantity of, quantities of, an abundance of, a profusion of, a multitude of; frequent; informal lots of, umpteen, loads of, masses of, stacks of, heaps of, piles of, bags of, tons of, oodles of, scads of, dozens of, hundreds of, thousands of, millions of, billions of, zillions of, more … than one can shake a stick at; Brit. informal a shedload of; N. Amer. informal a slew of, a bunch of, gazillions of, bazillions of; Austral. /NZ informal a swag of; vulgar slang a shitload of; literary myriad, multitudinous; rare numberless, innumerous. ANTONYMS few, occasional, rare.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

numerous

nu mer ous /n j úːm (ə )rəs /〖number (数 )の 〗形容詞 more ～; most ～｟かたく ｠〖不定の複数名詞を修飾して 〗多数の (many ); 〖集合名詞の単数形を修飾して 〗多数からなる (large )▸ all sorts of people too numerous to count [mention ]多すぎて数え [言及し ]きれないほどの多種多様な人々 ▸ on numerous occasions 頻繁に ▸ a numerous family 大 (人数の )家族 (!numerous familiesは 「多くの家族 」) ～ly 副詞 多く .～ness 名詞