Abundance

/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ · noun

Meaning

A large quantity; many..

Definitions by Sense

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. (politics, uncountable, often capitalized) A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
6. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
7. (Scotland) enough, sufficiency.

Example Sentences

Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.

There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.

It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.

In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”

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Antonyms for abundance

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Word Forms

• abundances
• abundaunce
• habundance
• boundance
• aboundance
• abondance

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