abundance

== English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) abundaunce (obsolete) habundance (obsolete) boundance (obsolete) aboundance (card games) abondance === 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”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/ Hyphenation: a‧bun‧dance === Noun === abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances) A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.] Synonyms: heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] Synonyms: exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] Synonyms: riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19th century.] (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19th century.] (Scotland) enough, sufficiency. ==== Usage notes ==== Synonym notes: abundance, plenty, exuberance. These words express increasing levels of fullness. plenty denotes there is enough to supply every need; e.g., plenty of food, plenty of money, etc. abundance expresses more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; e.g., the abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor Exuberance expresses even more, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing an enormous amount of superfluity or redundancy; e.g. an exuberance of talent, lakes replete with an exuberance of fish ==== Synonyms ==== abundation (Chester) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== abound abundant ==== Translations ==== === References === “abundance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin abundantia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈabundant͡sɛ] === Noun === abundance f (literary) abundance Synonyms: nadbytek, hojnost ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “abundance”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “abundance”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “abundance”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026