Masses

Pronunciation

• IPA: en, /ˈmæs.ɪz/

Noun

noun form

1. Plural of en
2. Plural of en

Full definition of masses

Noun

1. (generically) People, especially a large number of people; the general population.
• August 21, 2012, Jason Heller, The Darkness: Hot Cakes (Music Review)Since first tossing its cartoonish, good-time cock-rock to the masses in the early ’00s, The Darkness has always fallen back on this defense: The band is a joke, but hey, it’s a good joke. With Hot Cakes—the group’s third album, and first since reforming last year—the laughter has died. In its place is the sad wheeze of the last surviving party balloon slowly, listlessly deflating.
2. The total population.
   The masses will be voting this Tuesday.
3. The lower classes or all but the elite.
   ... the ignorant masses ...

Synonyms

• (lower classes) unwashed

Derived terms

Verb

verb form

1. masses

   (third-person singular of mass)

Further reading

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