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abundance
English
Alternative forms
- (obsolete) abundaunce
- (obsolete) habundance
- (obsolete) boundance
- (card games) abondance
Etymology
- From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abund? (“to overflow”). See abound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?s/
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?s/, /??b?n.dn?ts/, /??bn?.dn?s/
- (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA(key): /??b?n.d?nts/
Noun
abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances)
- A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]
- An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
- c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
- (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19th century.]
Usage notes
- Synonym notes: Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness.
- Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
- Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree.
- Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc.
Synonyms
- abundation (Chester)
- (large quantity): heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot
- (ample sufficiency): exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess
- (plentiful amount of resources): riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth
Related terms
- abound
- abundant
Translations
References
- abundance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English abundaunce, from Old French habundance, from Latin abundantia. Equivalent to abund +? -ance.
Noun
abundance (plural abundances)
- An abundance; enough.
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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abound
English
Etymology
- First attested around 1325.
- From Middle English abounden, abounde, from Old French abonder, abunder, from Latin abund?re, present active infinitive of abund? (“overflow”), which comes from ab (“from, down from”) + und? (“surge, swell, rise in waves, move in waves”), from unda (“wave”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??ba?nd/
- (US) IPA(key): /??ba?nd/
- Rhymes: -a?nd
Verb
abound (third-person singular simple present abounds, present participle abounding, simple past and past participle abounded)
- (intransitive) To be full to overflowing. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be wealthy. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the mid 18th century.]
- (intransitive) To be highly productive.
- (intransitive) To be present or available in large numbers; to be plentiful. [First attested from around (1350 to 1470).]
- Wild animals abound wherever man does not stake his claim.
- Where sin abounded grace did much more abound.
- (intransitive) To revel in. [Attested from around (1350 to 1470) until the late 18th century.]
- (intransitive) To be copiously supplied
- 1858-1860, George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
- the wild boar, which abounds both in Azerbijan and in the country about Hamadan
- 1858-1860, George Rawlinson, The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World
Usage notes
- (copiously supplied): Abound is followed by in or with.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- bountiful
References
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