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amass

/əˈmæs/uh-MAS
/əˈmæs/uh-MAS

Meaninga lump or mass

Common meaning: gather a large amount

Journey through time

  1. Latinmassa‘a lump or mass’source
  2. Frenchmeaning shiftsa lump or mass → to pile, heap, gatheramasser‘to pile, heap, gather’source
  3. Englishamass‘gather a large amount’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin massa ‘a lump or mass’.

Roots

  • massa Latin “a lump or mass”

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