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myriad noun

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Definition

a very large number of something
a myriad of choices
And now myriads of bars and hotels are opening up along the coast.

myriad adjective

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They offered no solution for all our myriad problems.

(Definition of myriad noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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