abundance

C1 Topic:Abstract Ideas

Also spelled abondance

US /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ UK /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ See IPA manual

Freq #14976

Meanings

1

noun
a very large quantity of something; plenty

Because of the abundance of materials, the class made a giant collage.
2

noun
the state of having more than enough; wealth

They lived in abundance after the business succeeded.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a very large quantity of... plenty profusion copiousness

2 noun · the state of having more... affluence opulence plenty

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Forms abundances

Derived forms abundancyhyperabundanceoverabundance superabundanceunderabundance

Related forms abound abundant

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”).

*wed- Proto-Indo-European abundaunce Middle English habundance Old French abundantia Latin

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# abundance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
**Frequency rank:** 14976

## Meanings
1. a very large quantity of something; plenty
2. the state of having more than enough; wealth

## Examples
- Because of the abundance of materials, the class made a giant collage.
- They lived in abundance after the business succeeded.

## Synonyms
- abundation

## Derived Forms
- abundancy
- hyperabundance
- overabundance
- superabundance
- underabundance

## Related Forms
- abound
- abundant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *wed-
- Root: abundaunce
- Root: habundance
- Root: abundantia

## 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”).

## AI Etymology
Abundance comes from Middle English abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound plus -ance. Displaced Old English geniht (“abundance, plenty”). The historical line also includes Proto-Indo-European *wed-. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas

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