different between myriad vs unnumbered
myriad
English
Etymology
From French myriade, from Late Latin myriadis (genitive of myrias), from Ancient Greek ???????? (muriádos), genitive of ?????? (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from ?????? (muríos, “numberless, countless, infinite”).
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /?m??i.æd/, /?m??i.?d/
Noun
myriad (plural myriads)
- (historical) Ten thousand; 10,000 [from 16th c.]
- A countless number or multitude (of specified things) [from 16th c.]
- 1914, Henry Graham Dakyns, Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Book I:
- How far he surpassed them all may be felt if we remember that no Scythian, although the Scythians are reckoned by their myriads, has ever succeeded in dominating a foreign nation ...
- 1914, Henry Graham Dakyns, Xenophon, Cyropaedia, Book I:
Related terms
- tens of thousands
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.
Translations
Adjective
myriad (not comparable)
- (modifying a singular noun) Multifaceted, having innumerable elements [from 18th c.]
- 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."
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 131:
- (modifying a plural noun) Great in number; innumerable, multitudinous [from 18th c.]
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "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.
- 2013 September 28, Kenan Malik, "London Is Special, but Not That Special," New York Times (retrieved 28 September 2013):
Translations
See also
- plethora
Swedish
Noun
myriad c
- a myriad
Declension
References
- myriad in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
myriad From the web:
- what myriad means
- what myriad means in spanish
- myriad what does it mean
- myriad what the font
- myriad what rhymes
- myriad what language
- what is myriad in supergirl
- what does myriad test for
unnumbered
English
Etymology
un- +? numbered
Adjective
unnumbered (not comparable)
- Not identified with a number
- Too numerous to be counted; countless or innumerable
Synonyms
- (too numerous to be counted): numberless; see also Thesaurus:innumerable
Translations
Anagrams
- nude number
unnumbered From the web:
- unnumbered meaning
- what is unnumbered interface
- what is unnumbered ip fortigate
- what does unnumbered mean
- what does outnumbered mean
- what do numbers mean
- what is bgp unnumbered
- what is ipv6 unnumbered
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- myriad vs unnumbered
- earthy vs suggestive
- wanting vs keen
- flame vs inferno
- exertion vs execution
- unwarranted vs gross
- road vs direction
- majestic vs revered
- ban vs ostracise
- enormous vs gruesome
- slant vs countenance
- plagiarise vs commandeer
- group vs label
- important vs august
- fervid vs conspicuous
- wheedling vs enticement
- fiery vs lusty
- sweet vs fetching
- stop vs interference
- captivity vs yoke