redundance

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /rɪˈdʌndəns/ UK /rɪˈdʌndəns/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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noun
the state of being superfluous or excessive

The essay suffered from redundance and repetition.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the state of being... redundancy superfluity excess surplus repetitionverbosity

Opposites

necessity conciseness economy

Word family

Related forms redundant redundancy abundance undulate

Etymology

From Latin redundantia ('an overflowing, excess'), from redundare ('to overflow'), from red- ('back, again') + undare ('to surge, flow in waves'), from unda ('wave').

red- Latin redundare Latin unda Latin

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# redundance

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /rɪˈdʌndəns/
**IPA (UK):** /rɪˈdʌndəns/

## Meanings
1. the state of being superfluous or excessive

## Examples
- The essay suffered from redundance and repetition.

## Synonyms
- redundancy
- superfluity
- excess
- surplus
- repetition
- verbosity

## Antonyms
- necessity
- conciseness
- economy

## Related Forms
- redundant
- redundancy
- abundance
- undulate

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: red-
- Root: redundare
- Root: unda

## Etymology
From Latin redundantia ('an overflowing, excess'), from redundare ('to overflow'), from red- ('back, again') + undare ('to surge, flow in waves'), from unda ('wave').

## AI Etymology
Redundance comes from Latin redundantia ('an overflowing, excess'), from redundare ('to overflow'), from red- ('back, again') + undare ('to surge, flow in waves'), from unda ('wave'). The historical chain includes Latin red-, Latin redundare, and Latin unda. The quoted older senses, "an overflowing, excess", "to overflow", "back, again", "to surge, flow in waves", and "wave", supply the semantic anchors for redundance. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word redundance carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "the state of being superfluous or excessive". Related English forms include redundant, redundancy, abundance, and undulate. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
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