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Meaning of "Abundance"
Here come a list of explanational descriptions how most people understand the word: Abundancenoun
1. an extremely plentiful or oversufficient (more than enough) quantity or supply: an abundance of grain.
2. overflowing fullness: abundance of the heart.
3. affluence; wealth: the enjoyment of abundance.
4. Physics, Chemistry . the number of atoms of one isotope of an element divided by the total number of atoms in a mixture of the isotopes.
Origin: 1300-50; Middle English < Middle French < Latin abundantia. See abundant, -ance
Can be confused: abundance, plenty, profusion (see synonym and usage notes at plenty).
Synonyms 1. copiousness, plenteousness. See plenty. 2. generosity.
Antonyms 1. scarcity.
Common samples where the noun "abundance" is often used :
Samples for relational context when the word "abundance" is used:
- abundance of beggars
- abundance of capital
- abundance of children
- abundance of finds (archaelogy).
- abundance of fish
- abundance of flowers
- abundance of forests
- abundance of funds
- abundance of ideas
- abundance of interest
- abundance of labour [Br.]
- abundance of money
- abundance of passion
- abundance of patience
- abundance of species
- abundance of timber
- abundance of water
- abundance of words
- abundance of work
- economy of abundance
- goddess of abundance
- to be available in abundance
- abundance of (chemical) elements
- abundance of liquid funds
- abundance of natural resources
- There was an abundance of everything.