Myriad
/ˈmɪriəd/noun
A very large number of something.
A myriad of stars in the night sky
Often appears as...
- myriad of opportunities
- myriad of stars
adjective
Countless or extremely large in number.
The myriad lights of the city
Often appears as...
- myriad lights
- myriad possibilities
noun
A very large number of something.
A myriad of stars in the night sky
Often appears as...
- myriad of opportunities
- myriad of stars
adjective
Countless or extremely large in number.
The myriad lights of the city
Often appears as...
- myriad lights
- myriad possibilities
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Always Literal
Myriad as a noun doesn't always mean a specific number, but rather a large, indefinite quantity.
She faced a myriad of challenges starting her new business.
Pro Tip 2/3With 'of' Usage
When used as a noun, 'myriad' is often followed by 'of' to introduce what there is a lot of.
The museum offered a myriad of artifacts from ancient times.
Pro Tip 3/3Abstract Concepts
Use 'myriad' for both tangible and intangible concepts, like thoughts, feelings, or items.
He had a myriad of ideas for his project.
Compare with
abundantcountlessendlessinnumerablemanymultitudenumerousplentiful
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Jeff Bezos: The...
a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
can only fill you with hope. Now, together the myriad cultures of the world make up a web of spiritual life and cultural life that envelops the planet, and is as important to the well-being of the planet as indeed is the biological web of life that you know as a biosphere.
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Advocating for gender...
real possibility that under michelle bachelet united nations will finally and seriously address the myriad of women's issues that have been allowed to dissolve in a miasma of passivity and indifference issues that so compromised the lives women lead whether it's female
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Annie Murphy Paul: What...
have more obesity, more diabetes and more heart disease in later life than individuals who were gestated under normal conditions. These individuals' prenatal experience of starvation seems to have changed their bodies in myriad ways. They have higher blood pressure,
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
and then cultivating really a deep understanding of what those relationships really mean to us in our world in our communities really as individuals and of how we connect to a myriad number of human values through them I became very interested in
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Robin Ince: Science...
We won't actually live forever. You won't live forever. Your consciousness, the you-ness of you, the me-ness of me -- that gets this one go. But every single thing that makes us, every atom in us, has already created a myriad of different things
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
vitamin D being a molecule that we very much need for our strong bones, the health of our immune system, and myriad other important functions in our bodies. So, living at the equator, we got lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation
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Breaking the illusion of...
out to be incredibly important it's very destructive but it also catalyzes the production of vitamin D in the skin vitamin D being a molecule that we very much need for our strong bones the health of our immune system and myriad
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Explaining the Tree of...
developed into wings the insects had arrived life moved into the air and diversified into myriad folders meanwhile back in the seas those creatures were the stiffening rod in
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Titus Kaphar: Can beauty...
beautiful in truth-telling. That that as an act, truth-telling and the myriad ways it manifests -- there's beauty in that.
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Jeff Bezos: The...
a fact we were unaware of, until after the miserable wretches turned beneath the hooves of our cavalcade. The eyeless sockets of the pack animals everywhere account for the myriads of ravens along the road. The inhumanity which this trail has been witness to, the heartbreak and suffering which so many have undergone,
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Wade Davis: Cultures at...
can only fill you with hope. Now, together the myriad cultures of the world make up a web of spiritual life and cultural life that envelops the planet, and is as important to the well-being of the planet as indeed is the biological web of life that you know as a biosphere.
Video examples
Advocating for gender...
real possibility that under michelle bachelet united nations will finally and seriously address the myriad of women's issues that have been allowed to dissolve in a miasma of passivity and indifference issues that so compromised the lives women lead whether it's female
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Annie Murphy Paul: What...
have more obesity, more diabetes and more heart disease in later life than individuals who were gestated under normal conditions. These individuals' prenatal experience of starvation seems to have changed their bodies in myriad ways. They have higher blood pressure,
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Seafood and Survival PIPE...
and then cultivating really a deep understanding of what those relationships really mean to us in our world in our communities really as individuals and of how we connect to a myriad number of human values through them I became very interested in
Video examples
Robin Ince: Science...
We won't actually live forever. You won't live forever. Your consciousness, the you-ness of you, the me-ness of me -- that gets this one go. But every single thing that makes us, every atom in us, has already created a myriad of different things
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Nina Jablonski breaks...
vitamin D being a molecule that we very much need for our strong bones, the health of our immune system, and myriad other important functions in our bodies. So, living at the equator, we got lots and lots of ultraviolet radiation
Video examples
Breaking the illusion of...
out to be incredibly important it's very destructive but it also catalyzes the production of vitamin D in the skin vitamin D being a molecule that we very much need for our strong bones the health of our immune system and myriad
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Explaining the Tree of...
developed into wings the insects had arrived life moved into the air and diversified into myriad folders meanwhile back in the seas those creatures were the stiffening rod in
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Titus Kaphar: Can beauty...
beautiful in truth-telling. That that as an act, truth-telling and the myriad ways it manifests -- there's beauty in that.
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J. C. Ryle
English Clergyman
There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.
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Kristin Armstrong
American Athlete
Running fills the cup that has to pour out for others. Running feeds the soul that has a responsibility to nourish. Running sets the anchor that limits the drift of the day. Running clears the mind that has a myriad of challenges to solve. Running tends to the self so that selfishness can subside.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept that our brains are a myriad of smaller components, you must reject such notions as character, praise, blame, and free will.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
A lot of times in life, it's personal choices that you're making, actively, and then there's a myriad of forces and circumstances that are out of our control. And without even realizing it, you're riding a wave of events that you have no control of.
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Kehinde Wiley
American Artist
What I try to do is defy expectations in terms of boundaries, whether it is high or low art, pop culture, or fine-art culture. My work is about reconciling myriad cultural influences and bringing them into one picture.
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Kim Brooks
American Writer
A father who is distracted for a few minutes by his myriad interests and obligations in the world of adult interactions is being, well, a father. A mother who does the same is failing her children.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Joanne Harris
British Author
When I write, I'm constantly putting myself in the position of someone else as I write using myriad voices; I think that's a life skill all people should learn.
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Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.
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J. C. Ryle
English Clergyman
There are many things which swallow up men's thoughts while they live, which they will think little of when they are dying. Hundreds are wholly absorbed in political schemes and seem to care for nothing but the advancement of their own party. Myriads are buried in business and money matters and seem to neglect everything else but this world.
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Kristin Armstrong
American Athlete
Running fills the cup that has to pour out for others. Running feeds the soul that has a responsibility to nourish. Running sets the anchor that limits the drift of the day. Running clears the mind that has a myriad of challenges to solve. Running tends to the self so that selfishness can subside.
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Paul Bloom
Canadian Psychologist
More-radical scholars insist that an inherent clash exists between science and our long-held conceptions about consciousness and moral agency: if you accept that our brains are a myriad of smaller components, you must reject such notions as character, praise, blame, and free will.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
All one needs to do is read - books, magazines, research the Internet - and pay attention to the influencers in their lives to discover the myriad people of strong moral character who have and still are making positive, meaningful contributions and differences in our world.
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Hasan Minhaj
American Actor
A lot of times in life, it's personal choices that you're making, actively, and then there's a myriad of forces and circumstances that are out of our control. And without even realizing it, you're riding a wave of events that you have no control of.
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Kehinde Wiley
American Artist
What I try to do is defy expectations in terms of boundaries, whether it is high or low art, pop culture, or fine-art culture. My work is about reconciling myriad cultural influences and bringing them into one picture.
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Kim Brooks
American Writer
A father who is distracted for a few minutes by his myriad interests and obligations in the world of adult interactions is being, well, a father. A mother who does the same is failing her children.
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Lord Byron
British Poet
Why I came here, I know not; where I shall go it is useless to inquire - in the midst of myriads of the living and the dead worlds, stars, systems, infinity, why should I be anxious about an atom?
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Joanne Harris
British Author
When I write, I'm constantly putting myself in the position of someone else as I write using myriad voices; I think that's a life skill all people should learn.
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Jeanne Moreau
French Actress
I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.
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