abundance
nounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//əˈbʌn.dn̩s//
- United States//əˈbʌn.dn̩s//
- United States//əˈbʌn.dn̩ts//
- United States//əˈbn̩.dn̩s//
A large quantity; many.
noun
- 1
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.
- 2
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.
- 3
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
It is noteworthy that whereas socialists formerly denounced capitalism for producing poverty, the main grievance of the Frankfurt school is that it engenders abundance and satisfies a multiplicity of needs, and is thus injurious to the higher forms of culture.
- 4
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
- 5
A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”
- 6
A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- 7
enough, sufficiency.
Etymology
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”).
Forms
- plural
- abundances