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Abundance
//əˈbʌn.dn̩s// noun
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Noun
- 1 A large quantity; many. countable, uncountable
"Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage."
- 2 the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply wordnet
- 3 An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. countable, uncountable
"It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state."
- 4 (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million wordnet
- 5 Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. countable, uncountable
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- 6 (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present wordnet
- 7 Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. countable, uncountable
- 8 A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. countable, uncountable
- 9 enough, sufficiency. Scotland, countable, uncountable
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”).
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