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abundance

  • /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ UK
  • /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ US
  • /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/ US
  • /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/ US

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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”).

noun abundances · abundaunce · habundance · boundance · aboundance · abondance

  1. countable, uncountable A large quantity; many. Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.

    Similar: heap, load, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, brimful, busload, bucketful, bucketload

  2. countable, uncountable 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.

    Similar: exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude, abundance, acrasia, acrasy, excess, fat

  3. countable, uncountable Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. It is noteworthy that whereas socialists formerly denounced capitalism for producing poverty, the main grievance of the Frankfurt school is that it engenders abundance and satisfies a multiplicity of needs, and is thus injurious to the higher forms of culture.

    Similar: riches, affluence, wealth, abundance, cheese, ease, fortune, substance, Mammon, opulence, plenty, richdom

  4. countable, uncountable Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
  5. capitalized, often, uncountable 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.”
  6. countable, uncountable A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
  7. Scotland, countable, uncountable enough, sufficiency.

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noun large quantity

Españolabastanza (desus.), abundancia, abundamiento (desus.), ares y mares
हिन्दीप्रचुरता pracurtā, अधिकता adhiktā, बहुलता bahultā
Русскийоби́лие obílije, избы́ток izbýtok

noun ample sufficiency

Españolabundancia
日本語大量 tairyō, 多量 taryō, 豊富 hōfu, 過剰 kajō
हिन्दीपर्याप्तता paryāptatā
Kiswahiliwingi
Portuguêsabundância
Françaisabondance
DeutschÜberfluss
Italianoabbondanza, cuccagna
Românăabundență
Русскийизоби́лие izobílije
Tiếng Việtphong phú
العربيةكَثْرَة kaṯra, غَزَارَة ḡazāra
עבריתשפע shéfa’

noun wealth, affluence

Русскийбога́тство bogátstvo

noun frequency

Русскийоби́лие obílije, избы́ток izbýtok

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@misc{abundance_2026,
  title = {abundance},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/abundance},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}