abundance
nounEtymology
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”).
- derived from abundantia
- derived from habundance
- inherited from abundaunce
Definitions
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.
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.
Wealth
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
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Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
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.”
A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
enough, sufficiency.
The neighborhood
- synonymabundation
- neighborabound
- neighborabundant
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.
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.
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