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abundance en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/ (US)
• /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/ (US)
• /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/ (US)

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”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A large quantity; many.
   • There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.
   • Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.
2. (countable, uncountable) 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:
3. (countable, uncountable) Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
   • It is noteworthy that whereas socialists formerly denounced capitalism for producing poverty, the main grievance of the Frankfurt school is that it engenders abundance and satisfies a multiplicity of needs, and is thus injurious to the higher forms of culture. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 377:
4. (countable, uncountable) Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
5. (capitalized, often, uncountable) 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:
6. (countable, uncountable) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
7. (Scotland, countable, uncountable) enough, sufficiency.

Forms

Deriveds

abundance of caution · abundancy · declared abundance · overabundance · in abundance · hyperabundance · royal abundance · underabundance · superabundance

Relateds

abundant · abound

Synonyms

fertileness · battalion · bucketful · ug · bumload · superfluity · plenty · overflow · hecatomb · horseload · plus · load · plenitude · sum · surfeit · superabundance · richdom · overage · riches · trainload · excess · deal · plentitude · overplus · excessiveness · wagonload · fuckwad · cheese · load · ton · superaddition · opulence · substance · busload · plenteousness · wealth · exuberance · overquantity · brimful · metric shitload · metric fuckton · glut · surplusage · overabundance · vaultful · abundation · shitflood · ream · superflux · shitful · arseload · shedload · overflow · immoderation · affluence · mass · boatload · surplus · fulth · fuckload · heap · acrasia · plenty · plentifulness · abundance · tun · copiousness · wealth · plethora · fat · abundance · ease · crapflood · plenteousness · riches · cartload · lot · superflux · copiousness · mountain · assload · crapload · fertility · superplus · intemperance · multiplicity · many · gob · fecundity · Mammon · hantle · oversum · helluvalot · acrasy · lashings · profusion · abundance · butt-ton · productiveness · incontinence · bucketload · affluence · uberty · fruitfulness · slew · superfluousness · fortune · sight · multitude · plenty · exuberance · truckload · bellyload · mampus · spadeloads · mickle · fuckton · nimiety · shitload · great deal · muckle · shitton · pile · mountain · heap · buttload

Translations (120)

ar غَزَارَة (ample sufficiency) · no overflod (ample sufficiency) · fi ylenpalttisuus (ample sufficiency) · hi पर्याप्तता (ample sufficiency) · sh обиље (ample sufficiency) · sv ymnighet (large quantity) · pl obfitość (large quantity) · eo abundo (ample sufficiency) · tr sıklık (frequency) · ka სიუხვე (large quantity) · ja 多量 (ample sufficiency) · fi vauraus (wealth, affluence) · es abundancia (large quantity) · de Überfluss (ample sufficiency) · fi yleisyys (frequency) · ro abundență (ample sufficiency) · es abundamiento (desus.) (large quantity) · ru избы́ток (large quantity) · ca abundància (ample sufficiency) · got 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌳𐌿𐌸𐍃 (ample sufficiency) · uk рясно́та (ample sufficiency) · es abundancia (ample sufficiency) · pt abundância (ample sufficiency) · it abbondanza (ample sufficiency) · fr abondance (ample sufficiency) · gd pailteas (ample sufficiency) · eo abundeco (ample sufficiency) · es ares y mares (large quantity) · id keberlimpahan (ample sufficiency) · pl obfitość (ample sufficiency) · vi phong phú (ample sufficiency) · la largitās (ample sufficiency) · nl overvloed (large quantity) · am ብዛት (large quantity) · gl fartura (ample sufficiency) · bg обилие (ample sufficiency) · sv överflöd (ample sufficiency) · mi ranea (ample sufficiency) · fi yltäkylläisyys (ample sufficiency) · grc περισσεία (ample sufficiency) · uk рясо́та (ample sufficiency) · ja 豊富 (ample sufficiency) · mk изо́билство (ample sufficiency) · fi yltäkylläisyys (wealth, affluence) · he שפע (ample sufficiency) · gl abundancia (ample sufficiency) · ka სიჭარბე (large quantity) · af oorvloed (ample sufficiency) · bg голямо количество (large quantity) · sq bollëk (ample sufficiency) · sw wingi (ample sufficiency) · sh изобиље (ample sufficiency) · it cuccagna (ample sufficiency) · sa ऋद्धि (ample sufficiency) · ru избы́ток (frequency) · txb artkiye (ample sufficiency) · gl abastanza (ample sufficiency) · hi बहुलता (large quantity) · tr varlık (jeology) (ample sufficiency) · sa आयात (ample sufficiency) · cs hojnost (ample sufficiency) · ga raidhse (ample sufficiency) · bg охолство (wealth, affluence) · bg изобилие (ample sufficiency) · fi määrä (frequency) · ga líonmhaireacht (ample sufficiency) · bg съдържание (frequency) · vo bundan (large quantity) · ga flúirse (ample sufficiency) · hy առատություն (ample sufficiency) · lb Iwwerfloss (ample sufficiency) · grc δαψίλεια (ample sufficiency) · sh obilje (large quantity) · ckb زۆری (ample sufficiency) · ht abondans (ample sufficiency) · is gnægð (ample sufficiency) · mk оби́лие (ample sufficiency) · ru бога́тство (wealth, affluence) · mk изобилство (large quantity) · hu áradat (ample sufficiency) · az bolluq (ample sufficiency) · pl obfitość (wealth, affluence) · hi प्रचुरता (large quantity) · tr çokluk (large quantity) · vo bundan (ample sufficiency) · ja 過剰 (ample sufficiency) · hu bőség (ample sufficiency) · ar كَثْرَة (ample sufficiency) · tr bolluk (ample sufficiency) · ru оби́лие (large quantity) · pl abundance (solo whist: bid to take nine or more tricks) · fi suuri määrä (large quantity) · ota بركت (ample sufficiency) · eo sufiĉego (ample sufficiency) · id limpah-ruah (ample sufficiency) · fi runsaus (ample sufficiency) · mk изоби́лие (ample sufficiency) · fa فراوانی (ample sufficiency) · tl kasaganaan (ample sufficiency) · la cōpia (ample sufficiency) · ka სიმრავლე (large quantity) · ru оби́лие (frequency) · ja 大量 (ample sufficiency) · fi runsaus (wealth, affluence) · tr bolluk (wealth, affluence) · nl overvloed (ample sufficiency) · izh kyllys (ample sufficiency) · ms kelimpahan (ample sufficiency) · crh bereket (ample sufficiency) · dlm bonduanza (ample sufficiency) · hi अधिकता (large quantity) · tr bereket (ample sufficiency) · es abastanza (desus.) (large quantity) · fa فزونی (ample sufficiency) · mk изо́билство (wealth, affluence) · pl częstotliwość (frequency) · mi harahara (ample sufficiency) · ru изоби́лие (ample sufficiency) · la abundantia (ample sufficiency) · ia abundantia (ample sufficiency)