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ample en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæm.pəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Old French ample Middle French amplebor. Middle English ample English ample From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

Meanings

  1. Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.
    • We have an ample supply of water
    • She has a very ample bosom.
    • [H]e was satisfied that Alice yet lived; he hoped she might yet escape and return. […] He enriched Mrs. Jones for life, in gratitude for her vindication of his lost and early love: he promised the amplest rewards for the smallest clue. 1837, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XI, in Ernest Maltravers […] , volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 111:
  2. Very adequate.
    • It was pointed out to me that the security was ample, and as I had no practical knowledge of house-valuing there was nothing to be gained by inspecting it. 1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
  3. Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive
    • an ample story

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
amplest Degree=Sup lexicographic
ampler Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

semiample · ampleness

Relateds

amplify · amplification · amplifiable · amplificatory · amplifier · amplitude

Synonyms

copious · full · abundant · plentiful · bountiful · wide · extensive · capacious · spacious · rich · liberal · munificent · plenteous

Translations (50)

pl duży (large; great in size) · fi tilava (large; great in size) · fa فراخ (large; great in size) · fa کافی (large; great in size) · pt amplo (large; great in size) · fr ample (large; great in size) · eo ampleksa (large; great in size) · kk мол (large; great in size) · es amplio (large; great in size) · gl longo (not contracted or brief; not concise) · da vid (large; great in size) · fi suuri (large; great in size) · ro amplu (large; great in size) · la magnus (large; great in size) · kk жеткілікті (large; great in size) · hy լայնածավալ (not contracted or brief; not concise) · cs široký (large; great in size) · cs hojný (large; great in size) · bg обширен (large; great in size) · pl obszerny (large; great in size) · da fyldig (not contracted or brief; not concise) · bg просторен (large; great in size) · it ampio (large; great in size) · sv fyllig (not contracted or brief; not concise) · ru обши́рный (large; great in size) · fi laaja (not contracted or brief; not concise) · es amplo (large; great in size) · hy լայն (large; great in size) · de groß (large; great in size) · ru просто́рный (large; great in size) · kk даңғарадай (not contracted or brief; not concise) · kk далиған (not contracted or brief; not concise) · cs bohatý (large; great in size) · gl amplo (large; great in size) · fi pitkä (not contracted or brief; not concise) · hy ընդարձակ (large; great in size) · kk молынан (large; great in size) · kk жетерлік (large; great in size) · io ampla (large; great in size) · fi iso (large; great in size) · cs rozsáhlý (not contracted or brief; not concise) · hi पर्याप्त (large; great in size) · de umfangreich (large; great in size) · ru огро́мный (large; great in size) · cmn 充足 (large; great in size) · cs dostatečný (large; great in size) · hi प्रचुर (large; great in size) · da stor (large; great in size) · fa فراوان (large; great in size) · no fyldig (not contracted or brief; not concise)

ample en · DET

Pronunciation

  • /ˈæm.pəl/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (Australia) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi- Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Old French ample Middle French amplebor. Middle English ample English ample From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

Meanings

  1. A fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.
    • …a broad and ample road, whose dust is gold… 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost (Book II)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1667)/Book_II):
    • …possesses an ample supply of water-power for industrial purposes. 1911, Various (ed. Hugh Chisholm), 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Article on Sweden:
    • We have ample time to finish the task.
    • …a line of wooden troughs supplies ample water for irrigation. 1862, Richard F. Burton, The City of the Saints:
    • It is a large house with ample space for all of us.
  2. (as pronoun) A quantity (of something) that is fully sufficient; plenty.
    • We don't need any more. We already have ample.