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tons
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?nz/
- Rhymes: -?nz
- Homophones: tonnes, tuns
Noun
tons
- plural of ton
Noun
tons pl (plural only)
- (colloquial) Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).
- I have tons of pens, but none of them work.
- Tons of people attended the game.
Synonyms
- a lot
- a thing or two
- loads
Anagrams
- NOTs, SOTN, Ston, TNOs, nots, onst, snot
Catalan
Noun
tons
- plural of to
Danish
Noun
tons
- indefinite plural of ton
- indefinite genitive singular of ton
- indefinite genitive plural of ton
Faroese
Etymology
From Danish tons and English tons, plural form of ton.
Noun
tons n (genitive singular tons, plural tons)
- ton
Declension
Derived terms
- tonsatal
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t??/
Noun
tons m
- plural of ton
Anagrams
- sont
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /?tõ?/
Noun
tons m
- plural of tom
Swedish
Noun
tons
- indefinite genitive plural of ton
- indefinite genitive singular of ton
Anagrams
- nots, ston
tons From the web:
- = 907.18474 kilograms
abundant
English
Alternative forms
- aboundant, abundaunt, habundaunt, habundant (obsolete)
Etymology
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abund?ns, present participle of abundo (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /??b?n.dn?t/, /??bn?.dn?t/
Adjective
abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)
- Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
- [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.
- Antonyms: rare, scarce
- a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination
- Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
- (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
- Antonym: deficient
Usage notes
- (richly supplied): Normally followed by the word in or (obsolete) of.
Synonyms
- ample (see here for explanation of distinctions)
- bountiful
- copious
- exuberant
- liberal
- overflowing
- plenteous
- plentiful
- profuse
- rich
- teeming
- See also Thesaurus:abundant
Derived terms
Related terms
- abound
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin abundans.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /?.bun?dant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /?.bun?dan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a.bun?dant/
- Rhymes: -ant
Adjective
abundant (masculine and feminine plural abundants)
- abundant; plentiful
Derived terms
- abundantment
Related terms
- abundància
- abundar
Further reading
- “abundant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch
Alternative forms
- abondant
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French abundant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?.b?n?d?nt/
- Hyphenation: abun?dant
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adjective
abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)
- abundant
Inflection
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ab?n?dant/
Adjective
abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantsten)
- abundant
Declension
Latin
Verb
abundant
- third-person plural present active indicative of abund?
Old French
Verb
abundant
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of abondant
abundant From the web:
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