what does myraid mean?

Answer 1

a multitude or Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000, or a group of 10 000 people, etc. In English, the word refers to 10 000 (a cardinal number) or to an unspecified large quantity.

Answer 2

Main Entry: 1myr·i·ad
Pronunciation: 'mir-E-&d
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek myriad-, myrias, from myrioi countless, ten thousand
1 : ten thousand
2 : a great number
usage Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it.

Answer 3

Main Entry: 1myr·i·ad
Pronunciation: 'mir-E-&d
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek myriad-, myrias, from myrioi countless, ten thousand
1 : ten thousand
2 : a great number
usage Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it.

Answer 4

From Merriam-Webster online:
Main Entry: 1myr·i·ad
Pronunciation: 'mir-E-&d
Function: noun
Etymology: Greek myriad-, myrias, from myrioi countless, ten thousand
1 : ten thousand
2 : a great number
usage Recent criticism of the use of myriad as a noun, both in the plural form myriads and in the phrase a myriad of, seems to reflect a mistaken belief that the word was originally and is still properly only an adjective. As the entries here show, however, the noun is in fact the older form, dating to the 16th century. The noun myriad has appeared in the works of such writers as Milton (plural myriads) and Thoreau (a myriad of), and it continues to occur frequently in reputable English. There is no reason to avoid it.

Answer 5

Myriad is a classical Greek name for the number 104 = 10 000, or a group of 10 000 people, etc. In English, the word refers to 10 000 (a cardinal number) or to an unspecified large quantity.

The term myriad is a progression in the commonly used system of describing numbers using tens and hundreds. For example, one names small numbers in terms of number of tens plus the remainder, e.g., 76 is seventy six or seven tens plus six. This system works until ten tens, which requires a new description, a hundred. One similarly names numbers less than 10,000 by counting the number of hundreds plus the rest, e.g., 1776 is seventeen hundred and seventy six. This system works until one hundred hundred, which again requires a new name, a myriad. Similarly, the system using myriads works up to a myriad myriad, or one hundred million, which was left as the largest named number by the Ancient Greeks and is also the largest named number in the Bible.

A myriad is primarily a singular cardinal number; just as the 'thousand' in 'four thousand' is singular (one does not write 'four thousands people') the word myriad is used in the same way: "there are four myriad people outside". When used as a noun, meaning 'a large number', it follows the same rules as that phrase.

In English, the term "myriad" is most commonly used to refer to a large number of an unspecified size. In this way "myriad" can either be used as an adjective or a noun. Thus "There are a myriad of people outside" and "There are myriad people outside" are both correct.

Answer 6

From Dictionary.com

myr·i·ad ( P ) Pronunciation Key (mr-d)
adj.
Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean.
Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis.

n.
A vast number: the myriads of bees in the hive.
Archaic. Ten thousand.

Answer 7

Example from a Hawkwind song 'a myriad of letters from my elders and my betters.'
Constituting a very large, indefinite number; innumerable: the myriad fish in the ocean.
Composed of numerous diverse elements or facets: the myriad life of the metropolis.
Sorry: myr·i·ad

Answer 8

myraid or myriad?

Myriad means multple, many, not just one or two but lots...

There is a myriad of definitions to that word, as for myraid, I really don't know, sorry!

Answer 9

The word is "myriad", and is a Greek word that literally means "ten thousand" but is used more often in the sense of something being countless

Answer 10

Myriad? Means 10000, or just a whole lot.