Meaning of heaps in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Adverb
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Adverb

    heaps

    Definitions

    1. very much

    Examples

    • « thanks heaps »

  2. Noun

    heaps

    Definitions

    1. a large number or amount

    Examples

    • « made lots of new friends »
    • « she amassed a mountain of newspapers »

Famous quotes

  • « I've got heaps of dreams. »
    Abbie Cornish
  • « I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sing about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. »
    Theodore Bikel
  • « I tried for a while to be an agricultural worker and was hopelessly bored. To me it was meaningless. I would stand around in heaps of manure and sings about the beauty of the work I wasn't doing. »
    Theodore Bikel
  • « Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them. »
    Joseph Addison
  • « Even Kings and emperors with heaps of wealth and vast dominion cannot compare with an ant filled with the love of God. »
    Guru Nanak

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