American English pronunciation
How to pronounce mass
IPA transcription: ['mæs]
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Noun
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(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
“a batch of letters”
“a deal of trouble”
“a lot of money”
“he made a mint on the stock market”
“see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos”
“it must have cost plenty”
“a slew of journalists”
“a wad of money”
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the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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the property of something that is great in magnitude
“it is cheaper to buy it in bulk”
“he received a mass of correspondence”
“the volume of exports”
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an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
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(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
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the common people generally
“separate the warriors from the mass”
“power to the people”
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a body of matter without definite shape
“a huge ice mass”
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a musical setting for a Mass
“they played a Mass composed by Beethoven”
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a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
“the priest said Mass”
Verb
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join together into a mass or collect or form a mass
“Crowds were massing outside the palace”
Adjective
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formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole
“aggregate expenses include expenses of all divisions combined for the entire year”
“the aggregated amount of indebtedness”
Usage examples
- This is not the same thing as volumetric mass density.
- Winchester lives in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.
- They looked for the fallen mass, but found nothing.
- He was buried in Winslow Cemetery in Marshfield, Massachusetts.
- Two years later he again achieved popular success for his "The Massacre at Chios".
- They looked for the fallen mass, but found nothing.
- It was hidden from sight by a mass of leaves and shrubs.
- These massacres formed a significant element of the frontier wars.
- Most common is the branching in V-form, this type has the highest biomass production.
- The anis have massive bills and smooth glossy feathers.