abundance

noun
/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/UK/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/US

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”).

  1. derived from abundantia
  2. derived from habundance
  3. inherited from abundaunce

Definitions

  1. A large quantity

    A large quantity; many.

    • Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
    • There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.
  2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency

    An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.

    • It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
  3. Wealth

    Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.

  4. + 4 more definitions
    1. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.

    2. A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and…

      A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.

      • In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”
    3. A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.

    4. enough, sufficiency.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at abundance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at abundance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at abundance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA