Vai al contenuto
OneKitly

ample

determinanteaggettivoattestato nei dialoghi

  • Stati Uniti//ˈæm.pəl//

A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.

determinante

  1. 1

    A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.

    We have ample time to finish the task.

    It is a large house with ample space for all of us.

    …a broad and ample road, whose dust is gold…

    …a line of wooden troughs supplies ample water for irrigation.

  2. 2

    A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.

    We don't need any more. We already have ample.

Etimologia

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Old French ample Middle French amplebor. Middle English ample English ample From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

aggettivo

  1. 1

    Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

    We have an ample supply of water

    She has a very ample bosom.

    [H]e was satisfied that Alice yet lived; he hoped she might yet escape and return. […] He enriched Mrs. Jones for life, in gratitude for her vindication of his lost and early love: he promised the amplest rewards for the smallest clue.

  2. 2

    Very adequate.

    It was pointed out to me that the security was ample, and as I had no practical knowledge of house-valuing there was nothing to be gained by inspecting it.

  3. 3

    Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

    an ample story

Forme

comparativo
ampler
superlativo
amplest
Le pagine vicineL'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.

Contenuto lessicale tratto da Wiktionary, sotto licenza CC BY-SA 4.0 · Voce di origine · Versione dei dati 2026-08-23

Posizione tra le parole del corpus OpenSubtitles 2018 — sottotitoli di film e serie, quindi lingua parlata e non scritta (CC BY-SA 3.0).