From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englisha plethora of somethinga plethora of somethingformalLOT/LARGE NUMBER OR AMOUNT a very large number of something, usually more than you need a plethora of suggestions → plethora
Examples from the Corpus
a plethora of something• There is, to put it briefly, a plethora of offerings to which the term theory has been applied in sociology.• Festivals in his honour are marked by a plethora of flowers, and the lusciously scented frangipani is held sacred to him.• The endemic hypochondria of the Texans was milked by a plethora of expensive clinics which most of them attended.• Despite a plethora of changes, the new models are just £295 more than the cars they replace.• In the wake of the Wall Street Crash Congress enacted a plethora of legislation aimed at ensuring fair and orderly markets.• The city faces a plethora of problems.• Other Republicans foresee a period of intensified investigation into activities of the Clintons and their associates ending with a plethora of indictments.• He knows a plethora of extraneous facts about the arctic and the tropics.• Inside, the church is the shape of the Latin cross, with a plethora of side chapels. 