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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 3854991, member: 57463&quot;]<font face="Georgia">A myriad is 10,000: 100 times 100. Like dozen and score, it means an exact number. However, in modern English, the word is used more symbolically and less literally to mean some large, undefined number.</font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">As a professional writer, I try to stay aware of my audience. I do not always adhere to so-called &quot;dictionary definitions.&quot; For one thing, dictionaries only reflect how people actually use a word; and that changes over time. Dictionaries are not legislation. Moreover, the writer or speaker who refers to &quot;the&quot; dictionary ignores the&nbsp; fact that authorities can differ in their opinions. </font></p><p><font face="Georgia"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Georgia">That being as it may, allow me to point to one dictionary.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>myr·i·ad | \ ˈmir-ē-əd&nbsp; \</p><p>Definition of myriad (Entry 1 of 2)</p><p>1 : ten thousand</p><p>2 : a great number</p><p>a myriad of ideas</p><p><br /></p><p>myriad adjective</p><p>Definition of myriad (Entry 2 of 2)</p><p>1 : INNUMERABLE</p><p>those myriad problems</p><p>also : both numerous and diverse</p><p>myriad topics</p><p>2 : having innumerable aspects or elements</p><p>the myriad activity of the new land</p><p>— Meridel Le Sueur</p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Courier New"><i><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad" rel="nofollow">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myriad</a></i></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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