abundance
nounUK /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ · US /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
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”).
7 senses
- 1A large quantity; many.
- 2An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion…
- 3Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
- 4Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given…
- 5A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises…
- 6A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- 7enough, sufficiency.
A large quantity; many.
- Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
- There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.
An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
- It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War:
Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
Government, Politics Capitalized, Often A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
- In The Nation, Jeet Heer recently wrote that abundance “amounts to a new iteration of neoliberalism promoting deregulation and business-friendly policies.”2025 April 24, Ned Resnikoff, “A YIMBY Theory of Power”, in The Nation:
Card games, Games A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
Scotland enough, sufficiency.
- Synonyms
- abundation