overabundance
overabundance · overabundances
надмір
Überfluss
An excess of what is needed or is appropriateAn excess of what is needed or is appropriate.
US/oʊvɚəˈbʌndɪnts/
» From overabundance of buzzwords the common folks get their brains steaming.
От переизбытка умных слов у обывателей кипят мозги. — corvard
corvard · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)An excess of what is needed or is appropriate.
Überfluss
на́дмірnádmir
a quantity that is more than what is appropriate
Examples
2 sentencesFrom overabundance of buzzwords the common folks get their brains steaming.
ruОт переизбытка умных слов у обывателей кипят мозги. — corvard
I read the article "An Overabundance of Low-density Neptune-like Planets."
Translations
8 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
excess of what is needed or is appropriate:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
excess of what is needed or is appropriate:
Origin
From Middle English overaboundaunce, equivalent to over- + abundance.From Middle English overaboundaunce, equivalent to over- + abundance.
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Forms
plural: overabundances| Singular | overabundance |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- a quantity that is more than what is appropriate:overmuchovermuchnesssuperabundance
- the state of being more than full:surfeitexcess
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedoverabundant
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable