DOZENS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dozens mean? 

• DOZENS (noun)
  The noun DOZENS has 1 sense:

1. a large number or amount

  Familiarity information: DOZENS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DOZENS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large number or amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

dozens; gobs; heaps; lashings; loads; lots; oodles; piles; rafts; scads; scores; slews; stacks; tons; wads

Context example:

she amassed stacks of newspapers

Hypernyms ("dozens" is a kind of...):

large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)

 Context examples 

Omic experiments often generate lists of dozens or hundreds of genes that differ in expression between samples, raising the question: "What does it all mean biologically?"

(GoMiner, NCI Thesaurus)

Far from the pull of the Sun, the giant planets of the outer solar system are the dominant sources of gravity, and collectively, they boast dozens upon dozens of moons.

(NASA Finds Neptune Moons Locked in 'Dance of Avoidance', NASA)

The same evening there were dozens of young bloods walking the streets of London with their cravats loose.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The maids do their work very well, and I think we shall be able to send back some dozens of the rings.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

ChemCam found iron, nickel and phosphorus, plus lesser ingredients, in concentrations still being determined through analysis of the spectrum of light produced from dozens of laser pulses at nine spots on the object.

(Curiosity Mars Rover Checks Odd-looking Iron Meteorite, NASA)

"During that short span of time, InSight had to autonomously perform dozens of operations and do them flawlessly - and by all indications that is exactly what our spacecraft did."

(NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface, NASA)

More work is needed to determine whether some replacement bisphenols might be safer than others, noting that there are dozens of such chemicals now in use.

(Reproductive Problems Reported In Lab Mice after BPA Replacements in Plastics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

NASA's Swift, Hubble, Chandra and Spitzer missions, along with dozens of ground-based observatories, including the NASA-funded Pan-STARRS survey, later captured the fading glow of the blast's expanding debris.

(NASA Missions Catch First Light from a Gravitational-Wave Event, NASA)

If you want to buy a charity raffle ticket or scratch-off lotto ticket (so you can control the date you find out if you won, namely, December 15), don’t buy dozens of tickets.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

Now, the team has found dozens of these events in data collected by NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer.

(Meteoroid Strikes Eject Precious Water From Moon, NASA)