Meaning

7 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)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.

    оби́лиеobílije, избы́токizbýtok

  2. (countable, uncountable)An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.

    Überfluss

    изоби́лиеizobílije

    рясно́таrjasnóta, рясо́таrjasóta

  3. (countable, uncountable)Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.

    бога́тствоbogátstvo

  4. (countable, uncountable)Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.

    оби́лиеobílije, избы́токizbýtok

  5. (capitalized, often, uncountable)A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.

  6. (countable, uncountable)A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.

  7. (Scotland, countable, uncountable)Enough, sufficiency.

More definitions
  • the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
  • (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
  • (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present

Examples

51 sentences
  1. She lives in abundance.

    Вона живе в достатку.

    ruОна живет в достатке.

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  2. Iron ore occurs there in abundance.

    ruЖелезная руда находится там в изобилии.

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  3. We have an abundance of milk.

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  4. Poppies grow in abundance in Kabylia.

    У Кабілії в достатку росте мак.

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  5. Copper is found in abundance there.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
ample sufficiency:
Русский
By meaning 3
large quantity:
ample sufficiency:
wealth, affluence:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
ample sufficiency:

Origin

From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from L

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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