plethora
An excessive amount or numberAn excessive amount or number; an abundance.
» Cats purr for a plethora of reasons.
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2 senses(countable, uncountable, usually)An excessive amount or number; an abundance.
The menu offers a plethora of cuisines from around the world.
1817, Francis Jeffrey, review of Lalla Rookh, in the Edinburgh Review He labours under a plethora of wit and imagination.
Fülle, Übermaß
изоби́лиеizobílije, оби́лиеobílije, избы́токizbýtok
надмірністьnadmirnistʹ, надлишокnadlyšok
(countable, uncountable)Excess of blood in the skin, especially in the face and especially chronically.
повнокров'яpovnokrovʺja
extreme excess
Examples
9 sentencesCats purr for a plethora of reasons.
We also mentioned a plethora of regional crises.
Karl was surrounded by a plethora of bodyguards.
Mennad had a plethora of excuses not to live life.
There is a plethora of adverbs of frequency in my language.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
Borrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satietBorrowed from Late Latin plēthōra, from Ancient Greek πληθώρα (plēthṓra, “fullness, satiety”), from πλήθω (plḗthō, “to be full”) + -η (-ē, nominal suffix).
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Forms
plural: plethorae / plethorasSynonyms
7 synonyms- extreme excess:overplussuperfluityembarrassment
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable