abundant
adjectifattesté dans les dialogues
- Royaume-Uni//əˈbʌn.dənt//
- États-Unis//əˈbʌn.dənt//
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
adjectif
- 1
Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.
an abundant selection of carpets to choose from
[W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.
Kadara was of great interest to the Andromeda Initiative after it appeared on long-range surveys. Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4. Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.
- 2
Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
Abundant in goodness and truth.
- 3
Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.
Étymologie
First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.
Formes
- comparatif
- more abundant
- superlatif
- most abundant
abundant · Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
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