Abundance
[ə'bʌnd(ə)ns] or [ə'bʌndəns]
Definition
(noun.) the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; 'an age of abundance'.
(noun.) (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million.
(noun.) (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present.
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Definition
(n.) An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Flow, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, fertility, copiousness, profusion, richness, largeness, ampleness, wealth, affluence, store, more than enough, great plenty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Plenty, largeness, copiousness, sufficiency, plentitude, exuberance, ampleness,profusion, luxuriance, wealth
ANT:Rarity, scarcity, paucity, deficiency, scantiness, dearth, failure, poverty
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Definition
n. ample sufficiency: great plenty.—adj. Abund′ant plentiful.—adv. Abund′antly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are possessed with an abundance; foretells that you will have no occasion to reproach Fortune, and that you will be independent of her future favors; but your domestic happiness may suffer a collapse under the strain you are likely to put upon it by your infidelity.
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Examples
- The abundance or scantiness of this supply, too, seems to depend more upon the former of those two circumstances than upon the latter. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Yes, but we are not to conform to nature; I wish these girls to be the children of Grace: and why that abundance? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Sam was there new oiled from dinner, with an abundance of zealous and ready officiousness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The Philosophical Transactions furnish us with abundance of histories of earthquakes, particularly one at Oxford in 1665, by Dr. Wallis and Mr. Boyle. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Having few artificial wants, they have abundance of leisure for improvement by conversation. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In this way he was able to accumulate an abundance before the time finally fixed upon for the move, the 4th of May. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Whereas in the King's Bench--' Mr Rugg waved his right hand freely, as expressing abundance of space. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- There was an abundance of laughing and blessing Mas'r, as St. Clare distributed small pieces of change among them. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The early dinner hour at Joe's, left me abundance of time, without hurrying my talk with Biddy, to walk over to the old spot before dark. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Their quantity in China and Indostan must have been more or less affected by the abundance of the mines of America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Petty wanted trade encyclopedias prepared, and hoped for inventions in abundance. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- He was a man whom it made happy to see others happy; he liked to have movement, animation, abundance and enjoyment round him. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- This greater abundance, as it must necessarily have increased their enjoyments, so it must likewise have augmented their industry. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We see now one reason for an abundance of fresh air in daily life. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- One immediate result of this achievement of printing was the appearance of an abundance of Bibles in the world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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