English Explanatory Dictionary

abundance

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A large quantity; many.
  2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
  4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  5. A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
  6. A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
  7. enough, sufficiency.

Pronunciation

/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/ /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/ en-us-abundance.ogg

Word forms

abundance abundances abundaunce habundance boundance aboundance abondance

Etymology

From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound + -ance. Displaced Old English geniht (“abundance, plenty”).

Synonyms

abundation heap load abundance battalion arseload assload bellyload boatload brimful busload bucketful bucketload butt-ton bumload buttload cartload crapload deal fuckload fuckton fuckwad great deal hantle hecatomb helluvalot horseload lashings lot mampus many mass metric fuckton metric shitload mickle mountain muckle multiplicity multitude pile ream shedload shitful shitload shitton sight slew spadeloads sum superflux ton trainload truckload tun vaultful wagonload exuberance copiousness overflow plenty

Related words

abound abundant

Derived words

abundance of caution abundancy declared abundance hyperabundance in abundance overabundance royal abundance superabundance underabundance
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