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ample
English
Etymology
From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”), probably for ambiplus (“full on both sides”), the last syllable akin to Latin plenus (“full”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æm.p?l/
- Rhymes: -æmp?l
Adjective
ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)
- Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
- Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty
- Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
Synonyms
- full, spacious, extensive, wide, capacious, abundant, plentiful, plenteous, copious, bountiful; rich, liberal, munificent
- See also Thesaurus:ample
- (large): See also Thesaurus:large
- (fully sufficient): See also Thesaurus:abundant
Related terms
Translations
References
- ample in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- ample in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Maple, Palme, maple, pelma
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin amplus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?am.pl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?am.ple/
Adjective
ample (feminine ampla, masculine and feminine plural amples)
- wide
- ample, plentiful
Derived terms
- amplada
- amplament
- amplària
Related terms
- ampliar
Further reading
- “ample” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “ample” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “ample” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ample” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Etymology
From Latin amplus (“large”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??pl/
Adjective
ample (plural amples)
- plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample
- (of clothes) loose, baggy
Further reading
- “ample” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology 1
Adverb
ampl? (comparative amplius, superlative amplissim?)
- amply, largely
Etymology 2
Adjective
ample
- vocative masculine singular of amplus
References
- ample in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ample in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Middle English
Alternative forms
- emple
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French ample, from Old French ample, from Latin amplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?amp?l/, /??mp?l/
Adjective
ample
- (Late Middle English) ample, copious, profuse
Related terms
- amplifiyen
Descendants
- English: ample
- Scots: ample
References
- “ample, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-04.
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comprehensive
English
Etymology
Borrowed from late Middle French compréhensif, from Late Latin comprehensivus, from Latin comprehendo.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?m.p???h?n.s?v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k??m.p???h?n.s?v/
- Hyphenation: com?pre?hen?sive
Adjective
comprehensive (comparative more comprehensive, superlative most comprehensive)
- Broadly or completely covering; including a large proportion of something.
Synonyms
- (broadly or completely covering): exhaustive, thorough, all-encompassing
Derived terms
- comprehensively
- comprehensivization
- comprehensivize
Related terms
- comprehend
- comprehensible
- comprehension
Translations
Noun
comprehensive (plural comprehensives)
- (Britain) A comprehensive school.
Latin
Adjective
compreh?ns?ve
- vocative masculine singular of compreh?ns?vus
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