ample
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Definition of ample
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
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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.”
“…possesses an ample supply of water-power for industrial purposes.”
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det
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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.”
“…possesses an ample supply of water-power for industrial purposes.”
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A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
“We don't need any more. We already have ample.”
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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.”
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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.”
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Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
“an ample story”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Etymology tree 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”).
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