Noun
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a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
"the priest said Mass"
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a musical setting for a Mass
"they played a Mass composed by Beethoven"
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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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the common people generally
"separate the warriors from the mass"
"power to the people"
- hoi polloi - the great unwashed -
a body of matter without definite shape
"a huge ice mass"
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(Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist
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an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people)
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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"
- good deal - great deal - quite a little - tidy sum -
the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field
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"