English Dictionary
Definition of “abundance”
abundance (əˈbʌndəns
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Definitions
noun
- a copious supply; great amount
- fullness or benevolence ⇒
from the abundance of my heart
- degree of plentifulness
- chemistry the extent to which an element or ion occurs in the earth's crust or some other specified environment: often expressed in parts per million or as a percentage
- physics the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope in a mixture of isotopes of an element to the total number of atoms present: often expressed as a percentage ⇒
the abundance of neon-22 in natural neon is 8.82 per cent
- Also called abondancea call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks
- affluence
Word Origin
C14: via Old French from Latin abundantia, from abundāre to abound
Synonyms
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plenty,
heap,
bounty,
exuberance,
profusion,
plethora,
affluence,
fullness,
opulence,
plenitude,
fruitfulness,
copiousness,
ampleness,
cornucopia,
plenteousness,
plentifulness,
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wealth,
money,
funds,
capital,
cash,
riches,
resources,
assets,
fortune,
possessions,
prosperity,
big money,
wad,
affluence,
big bucks,
opulence,
top dollar,
megabucks,
tidy sum
lucre,
wonga,
pretty penny
pelf,
top whack,
Quotations
"... a good land and a large ... a land flowing with milk and honey"
Bible: Exodus
Usage examples
Thick wet flakes had covered the ground and were still falling in abundance.
Appiganesi, Lisa, Dreams of Innocence (1994)Early on a May morning, the African feeling is enhanced by an abundance of birds freshly returned from their African winter exile.
Country Life (2004)Despite an abundance of unemployed or underemployed talent, you'd be hard pressed to find more than two or three who jumped.
Globe and Mail (2003)A Thanksgiving holiday phone-in had an abundance of callers.
Independent (1998)Everywhere he had shown an abundance of that indispensable frontier quality, self-reliance.
Andro Linklater, MEASURING AMERICA (2002)
