- affecting or involving a large number of people or things
- The world faces the tremendous problem of mass unemployment.
- The industrial revolution heralded the start of mass production.
- victims of a mass shooting
- Their latest product is aimed at the mass market.
Extra Examples- Better mass transit means easier commuting.
- Mass surveillance of private communication concerns us all.
- The play was so awful that there was a mass exodus from the theatre at the interval.
- These weapons were used to commit mass murder.
- The victims were buried in a mass grave.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French masse, from Latin massa, from Greek maza ‘barley cake’; perhaps related to massein ‘knead’.Want to learn more?
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