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Massed meaning

simple past and past participle of mass

Using Massed

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of mass
  • Useful related words include: accumulated, amassed, assembled, collected.
  • In the example corpus, massed often appears in combinations such as: the massed, massed in, of massed.

Context around Massed

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.8 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 9 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Massed

  • In this selection, "massed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, crowd, anxiously, wednesday, tens, ranks and avatars stand out and add context to how "massed" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include 10 and massed tens of and about the massed ranks of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "massed" sits close to words such as accessorized, acs and adoptions, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with massed

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Video footage shows migrants massed and waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border. (13 words)

Israel has massed tens of thousands of troops around Gaza for a widely predicted ground invasion. (16 words)

Ukraine had massed 60,000 elite troops, accompanied by drones, along its eastern border with Donbas. (16 words)

With the ball driven at head height to the near post, Ross Barkley met it with the perfect flick, arcing it over the defenders massed in the centre of the goal and to the back post where Andros Townsend was waiting. (41 words)

The ceremony will begin with the massed band's 'Shankhnaad' tune which will be followed by enthralling tunes such as 'Veer Bharat', 'Sangam Dur', 'Deshon ka Sartaj Bharat', 'Bhagirathi', and 'Arjuna' by pipes and drums band, the ministry said. (39 words)

The Bonus Army, which massed in the summer of 1932, during the Depression, to claim the financial “bonus” promised to veterans who had served in World War I, is an example of citizens assembling peaceably at the Capitol. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

But that changed when they were picked up by social media and Team Jorge's massed avatars.

Hunter-gatherers would need a record of when animals mated and gave birth, as this was when they were massed in large numbers and easier to hunt.

Israel has massed tens of thousands of troops around Gaza for a widely predicted ground invasion.

Just up the road, in the middle of all that angst and all the scrambling preparations, a different kind of crowd massed in the El Paso Convention Center.

Osimhen’s title-deciding strike was his 22nd goal in 28 league appearances and rightly caused bedlam among the massed ranks of away fans who took over the Dacia Arena in Udine.

Sixty years ago, a crowd of us young people anxiously massed around a black-and-white TV in my college student union building.

The ancient Greeks, especially the Athenians, used the formation of massed infantry standing very close together, all joined as one giant fighting unit called the phalanx.

The Bonus Army, which massed in the summer of 1932, during the Depression, to claim the financial “bonus” promised to veterans who had served in World War I, is an example of citizens assembling peaceably at the Capitol.

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Their work-rate and intensity in defence was noticeably better than it had been against Mayo while at the other end they were patient when probing the massed Cork defence.

The use of the drones in massed attacks then created a dilemma for Ukraine as they were so cheap to produce it was not cost-effective to down them with expensive air defense missiles.

Thousands of Armenians in Nagorno-Karabakh on Wednesday massed at the airport where some Russian peacekeepers are based after separatist forces agreed to a ceasefire which would see them surrender to Azerbaijan.

Ukraine had massed 60,000 elite troops, accompanied by drones, along its eastern border with Donbas.

Video footage shows migrants massed and waiting at the U.S.-Mexico border.

With the ball driven at head height to the near post, Ross Barkley met it with the perfect flick, arcing it over the defenders massed in the centre of the goal and to the back post where Andros Townsend was waiting.

He balked at a question about the massed ranks of the Tartan Army being angry and flat in the wake of the Euros.

Israel continued to battle Hamas fighters on October 10 and massed tens of thousands of troops and heavy armour around the Gaza Strip after vowing a massive blow over the Palestinian militants’ surprise attack.

Meanwhile, Russian ally Belarus has massed “nearly a third” of its army along its border with Ukraine, according to authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko.

The account differs sharply from those of witnesses and Palestinian officials who described extensive shooting after thousands of desperate Gazans massed around an Israeli-organized aid convoy.

The ceremony will begin with the massed band's 'Shankhnaad' tune which will be followed by enthralling tunes such as 'Veer Bharat', 'Sangam Dur', 'Deshon ka Sartaj Bharat', 'Bhagirathi', and 'Arjuna' by pipes and drums band, the ministry said.

The meeting comes as Biden has become increasingly vocal in his demand that Israel not undertake a ground offensive in Gaza's southern city of Rafah, without a plan to protect Palestinian civilians who are massed there.

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Common combinations with massed

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "massed" in a sentence?
An example: "But that changed when they were picked up by social media and Team Jorge's massed avatars." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "massed" from authentic English texts.
What does "massed" mean?
Massed means: simple past and past participle of mass
What are synonyms of "massed"?
Common synonyms of "massed" include: accumulated, amassed, assembled, collected, congregate, concentrated.
How many example sentences with "massed" are there?
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