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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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dosage
English
Etymology
From French dosage.
Noun
dosage (countable and uncountable, plural dosages)
- The administration of a medication etc, in a measured amount; dosing.
- The addition of a small measured amount of a substance to something, e.g. sugar to wine.
- The measured amount so administered or added; the dose.
Translations
See also
- posology
Anagrams
- dagoes, sea dog, sea-dog, seadog
French
Etymology
dose +? -age
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /do.za?/
Noun
dosage m (plural dosages)
- dosage (measured amount of a medication)
Derived terms
- liqueur de dosage
Further reading
- “dosage” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
dosage (plural dosages)
- dosage, dose
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