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abundance
[ uh-buhn-duhns ]
noun
- an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply:
an abundance of grain.
Synonyms: plenteousness, copiousness
Antonyms: scarcity
- overflowing fullness:
abundance of the heart.
Synonyms: generosity
- affluence; wealth:
the enjoyment of abundance.
- Physics, Chemistry. the number of atoms of one isotope of an element divided by the total number of atoms in a mixture of the isotopes.
abundance
/ əˈbʌndəns /
noun
- a copious supply; great amount
- fullness or benevolence
from the abundance of my heart
- degree of plentifulness
- chem the extent to which an element or ion occurs in the earth's crust or some other specified environment: often expressed in parts per million or as a percentage
- physics the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope in a mixture of isotopes of an element to the total number of atoms present: often expressed as a percentage
the abundance of neon-22 in natural neon is 8.82 per cent
- Also calledabondance a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks
- affluence
Other Words From
- pre·a·bun·dance noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of abundance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of abundance1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Mistletoes on mesquite trees in central Mexico have been linked to a greater abundance of tropical bird species.
All the junkies try to transfer to them, for the abundance of morphine.
But in New York City, a metropolis with an abundance of concrete and very few fields of grass, a far more subtle display appears.
She actively, and with glee, imbued their lives with an abundance of misery.
Medical authorities of the day often acted less out of an “abundance of caution” than with a general callousness to humanity.
Fruit-trees are clearly too scarce, though Cherries in abundance were offered for sale as we passed.
Receive ye discipline as a great sum of money, and possess abundance of gold by her.
That is, the number of them cut short, and reduced to few, shall flourish in abundance of justice.
Besides, there is always a bunch of bananas hanging inside the house, and he has sugar-cane in abundance.
She was dressed in her brightest skirt and fairly shone with the abundance of cheap jewelry she wore.
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