abundance
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- Words With Friends
- 19
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- 9
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Definition of abundance
7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable, uncountable)A large quantity; many.
“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.”
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noun
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(countable, uncountable)A large quantity; many.
“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.”
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(countable, uncountable)An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
“It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.”
- (countable, uncountable)Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
- (countable, uncountable)Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
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(capitalized, often, uncountable)A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
“In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.””
- (countable, uncountable)A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- (Scotland, countable, uncountable)enough, sufficiency.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
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”).
Words you can make from abundance
105 playable · top: ABDUCE (11 pts)
Best play abduce 11 points7-letter words
2 words6-letter words
6 words5-letter words
13 words4-letter words
33 words- BANC 8 pts
- CUBE 8 pts
- ABED 7 pts
- ACED 7 pts
- BADE 7 pts
- BAND 7 pts
- BAUD 7 pts
- BEAD 7 pts
- BEDU 7 pts
- BEND 7 pts
- BUND 7 pts
- CADE 7 pts
- CUED 7 pts
- DACE 7 pts
- DAUB 7 pts
- DUCE 7 pts
- ACNE 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEAU 6 pts
- BUNA 6 pts
- BUNN 6 pts
- CANE 6 pts
- NABE 6 pts
- UNBE 6 pts
- DEAN 5 pts
- DUNE 5 pts
- NADA 5 pts
- NUDE 5 pts
- UNDE 5 pts
- ANNA 4 pts
- NAAN 4 pts
- NANA 4 pts
3-letter words
35 words- CAB 7 pts
- CUB 7 pts
- BAD 6 pts
- BED 6 pts
- BUD 6 pts
- CAD 6 pts
- CUD 6 pts
- DAB 6 pts
- DEB 6 pts
- DUB 6 pts
- ABA 5 pts
- ACE 5 pts
- BAA 5 pts
- BAE 5 pts
- BAN 5 pts
- BEN 5 pts
- BUN 5 pts
- CAN 5 pts
- CUE 5 pts
- ECU 5 pts
- NAB 5 pts
- NEB 5 pts
- NUB 5 pts
- AND 4 pts
- DAN 4 pts
- DEN 4 pts
- DUE 4 pts
- DUN 4 pts
- END 4 pts
- ANA 3 pts
- ANE 3 pts
- EAU 3 pts
- NAE 3 pts
- NAN 3 pts
- NUN 3 pts
2-letter words
15 wordsHooks
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