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plenty
English
Etymology
From Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plenitatem, accusative of plenitas (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives complete, deplete, replete.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?pl?nti/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?pl?nti/, [?pl???i], [?pl?ni]
- (pin–pen merger) IPA(key): [?pl???i], [?pl?ni]
- Rhymes: -?nti
- Homophone: Pliny (pin-pen merger, silent 't')
Noun
plenty (countable and uncountable, plural plenties)
- A more-than-adequate amount.
- We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
- 1798, Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population:
- During this season of distress, the discouragements to marriage, and the difficulty of rearing a family are so great that population is at a stand. In the mean time the cheapness of labour, the plenty of labourers, and the necessity of an increased industry amongst them, encourage cultivators to employ more labour upon their land, to turn up fresh soil, and to manure and improve more completely what is already in tillage
Usage notes
While some dictionaries analyse this word as a noun, others analyse it as a pronoun, or as both a noun and a pronoun.
Synonyms
- abundance
- profusion
Derived terms
Translations
Pronoun
plenty
- More than enough.
- I think six eggs should be plenty for this recipe.
Usage notes
See the notes about the noun.
Adverb
plenty (not comparable)
- More than sufficiently.
- This office is plenty big enough for our needs.
- (colloquial) Used as an intensifier, very.
- She was plenty mad at him.
Translations
Determiner
plenty
- (nonstandard) much, enough
- There'll be plenty time later for that
- (nonstandard) many
- Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.
Adjective
plenty (comparative more plenty, superlative most plenty)
- (obsolete) plentiful
- 1597, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
- if reasons were as plenty as blackberries
- There are, among the Irish, men of as much worth and honour as any among the English: nay, to speak the truth, generosity of spirit is rather more common among them. I have known some examples there, too, of good husbands; and I believe these are not very plenty in England.
- 1836, The American Gardener's Magazine and Register, volume 2, page 279:
- Radishes are very plenty. Of cabbages a few heads of this year's crop have come to hand this week, and sold readily at quotations; […]
- 1597, Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part I, Act I, Scene IV:
Translations
Related terms
- plenitude
- plentitude
References
Anagrams
- pentyl
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overflow
English
Etymology
From Middle English overflowen, from Old English oferfl?wan, equivalent to over- +? flow.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation)
- (noun): enPR: ??v?-fl?, IPA(key): /???v??fl??/
- (verb): enPR: ?-v?-fl??, IPA(key): /???v??fl??/
- (General American)
- (noun): enPR: ??v?r-fl?, IPA(key): /?o?v??flo?/
- (verb): enPR: ?-v?r-fl??, IPA(key): /?o?v??flo?/
- Rhymes: -?? (verb)
Noun
overflow (countable and uncountable, plural overflows)
- The spillage resultant from overflow; excess.
- Outlet for escape of excess material.
- (computing) The situation where a value exceeds the available numeric range.
Derived terms
- overflow hole
Translations
Verb
overflow (third-person singular simple present overflows, present participle overflowing, simple past overflowed, past participle overflowed or (US, proscribed) overflown)
- (transitive) To flow over the brim of (a container).
- (transitive) To cover with a liquid, literally or figuratively.
- (transitive) To cause an overflow. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (intransitive) To flow over the edge of a container.
- (intransitive) To exceed limits or capacity.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
- (computing, transitive, intransitive) To (cause to) exceed the available numeric range.
- (intransitive) To be superabundant; to abound.
- 1857, Eustace Rogers Conder, Josiah Conder: A Memoir
- I see and feel that I want the first requisite — a heart overflowing with Divine love towards sinners
- 1857, Eustace Rogers Conder, Josiah Conder: A Memoir
Translations
Derived terms
- buffer overflow
- full to overflowing
- underflow
Portuguese
Etymology
From English overflow.
Noun
overflow m (plural overflows)
- (computing) overflow (situation where a value exceeds the available range)
- Synonym: transbordamento
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