abundance

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) A large quantity; many.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  5. (countable, uncountable) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
  6. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) enough, sufficiency.

Synonyms

plenty
B1
copiousness
profusion
wealth
B2
excess
C2
plentifulness
plenitude
richness
27k

affluence

fertility
C2
fruitfulness
plenteousness
multitude
22k
prosperity
C2
increase
B2
prolificness
prolificacy
blessing
B2
cornucopia
49k
fullness
31k
surplus
C2
exuberance
39k
fulness
bounty
C1
overflow
21k
superfluity
amplitude

large quantity

luxuriance
galore
27k
opulence
many
A1
much
A1
comfort
B2
satiation
excessiveness
plentitude
teemingness
plethora
46k
number
A1
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sufficiency
extensiveness
ampleness
store
A2
quantity
C2
profuseness
bountifulness
redundance
success
B1
abundant
C2
Translations

abbondanza
abondance
abundancia
Überfluß
bolluk
abundância
bereket
overvloed
Überfluss
Fülle

gürlük

Segen

feyezan

Fruchtbarkeit

feyiz

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
abundaunce
In summary

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”).

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