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abundance

Pronunciation: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/

The English word “abundance” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A large quantity; many.
  2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
  3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
  4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  5. A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
  6. A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
  7. enough, sufficiency.

Etymology

From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound + -ance. Displaced Old English geniht (“abundance, plenty”).

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