Meaning

2 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia

    His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.

    Überfluss, Überfülle

    изоби́лиеizobílije

    достатокdostatok, багатствоbahatstvo, надмірністьnadmirnistʹ

  2. (countable, uncountable)Lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance

    Verschwendung, Vergeudung

    расточительностьrastočitelʹnostʹ, ще́дростьščédrostʹ

    марнотратністьmarnotratnistʹ, щедрістьščedristʹ

More definitions
  • the property of being extremely abundant

Examples

5 sentences
  1. A profusion of dandelions had coloured the meadow yellow.

    ruРоссыпь одуванчиков раскрасила луг в жёлтый цвет. — Wezel

    deUnmengen von Löwenzahn färbten die Wiese gelb. — PeterR

  2. There's a profusion of rhododendron in her garden, blooming in a variety of colours.

    deIn ihrem Garten gibt es eine Überfülle von in verschiedenen Farben blühenden Rhododendren. — raggione

  3. The marriage guests, on the present occasion, were regaled with a banquet of unbounded profusion.

    deDie Hochzeitsgäste durften sich zum aktuellen Anlass bei einem Bankett des unbegrenzten Überflusses festlich bewirten lassen. — Yorwba

  4. Her dress was composed of white satin and Brussels lace, and her hair arranged with a profusion of jewels.

  5. “The famine, we have often supported it; today, we do not hold back in the face of profusion”, says a Kabyle proverb.

Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
abundance:
lavish or imprudent expenditure:
Русский
By meaning 2
abundance:
lavish or imprudent expenditure:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
abundance:
lavish or imprudent expenditure:

Origin

From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio.

From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio.

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Forms

plural: profusions
Singularprofusion
Pluralprofusions

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
profusion — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto