Abundant
/əˈbʌndənt/
adjectiveIntermediate📊CommonQuantity
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Definitions
1
existing or available in large quantities
/əˈbʌndənt/
adjectiveneutralIntermediate
Quantity
The hotel had abundant parking spaces.
💡 Simply: plenty of something
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2
The city's abundant water supply made it an attractive place to live.
How It's Used
Environmental Science
"The abundant rainfall in the region helped to replenish the water supply."
Economics
"The company's abundant resources allowed them to expand their operations."
Idioms & expressions
in abundant supply
available in large quantities
"The hotel had towels in abundant supply."
From Latin abundantem, present participle of abundare, from ab- + undare 'to flow'.
The word 'abundant' has been used in English since the 15th century to describe something that exists or is available in large quantities.
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Word Origin
Original meaning
"from, away from"
Base: abund
abundant rainfallabundant resourcesabundant water supply
Common misspellings
abundentabunduntabundat
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