Abundance
//əˈbʌn.dn̩s// noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
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
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More examples"There were food and drink in abundance at the party."
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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