What does abundant mean?

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əˈbʌn dəntabun·dant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. abundantadjective

    present in great quantity

    "an abundant supply of water"

Wiktionary

  1. abundantadjective

    Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity.

    [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation. Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination

  2. abundantadjective

    Richly supplied followed by in, rarely by with.

    Abundant in goodness and truth. Exodus, 34:6

  3. abundantadjective

    Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

  4. Etymology: * First attested about 1380.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Abundantadjective

    Etymology: abundans, Lat.

    Good the more
    Communicated, more abundant grows;
    The author not impair’d, but honour’d more. Par. Lost, b. v.

    If the vessels are in a state of too great rigidity, so as not to yield, a strong projectile motion occasions their rupture, and hæmorrhages; especially in the lungs, where the blood is abundant. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.

    The world began but some ages before these were found out, and was abundant with all things at first; and men not very numerous; and therefore were not put so much to the use of their wits, to find out ways for living commodiously. Thomas Burnet, Theory of the Earth.

    The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering and abundant in goodness and truth. Exod. xxxiv. 6.

ChatGPT

  1. abundant

    Abundant refers to something that exists or is available in large quantities, more than adequate or oversufficient. It can also imply richness or plentifulness. The term can be applied to both tangible and intangible things such as resources, qualities, characteristics, opportunities, etc.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Abundantadjective

    fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with

Editors Contribution

  1. abundant

    An accurate amount.

    The oranges were an abundant amount.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 12, 2020  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of abundant in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of abundant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of abundant in a Sentence

  1. Taylor Allen:

    Taking the leap of faith to move to Tulsa was one of the best decisions I ever made, the community has been so welcoming and has quickly made Tulsa feel like home. I am thankful for the abundant opportunities to invest in Tulsa through what I'm already passionate about.

  2. Bruno Pollet:

    Hydrogen is the most abundant gas in the universe, so with HFC systems the energy is inexhaustible.

  3. Jill Tarter:

    Are we Martians ? Early in the solar system, there was a lot of exchange of material, collisions were abundant and pieces of rock that chipped off Mars ended up landing on Earth, it's possible that life started somewhere other than Earth.

  4. Boris Johnson:

    Let me tell you, there are abundant, abundant technical fixes that can be introduced to make sure that you don't have to have checks at the border.

  5. Yvonne Padmos:

    The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was penned to encourage mankind to embrace a brotherly and sisterly bond. However, if our own flesh and blood fail to embody this ideal, how can we expect the world to do so? Perhaps, it is time to rewrite the scenes of the play of life, to redefine the roles of brothers and sisters, and cultivate a society abundant in empathy and compassion.

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