abundance
/əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.86 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state."
- "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."
- "In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”"
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *wed-, abundaunce, habundance, abundantia
- Suffix: abound
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
- British English: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
Usage
Inflected Forms
abundances (plural)
abundaunce (alternative)
habundance (alternative)
boundance (alternative)
aboundance (alternative)
abondance (alternative)