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abundant

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/əˈbʌn.dənt/
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/əˈbʌn.dənt/ · /əˈbʌn.dənt/ (US)

Definition of abundant

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
    “Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.”
    “an abundant selection of carpets to choose from”
    “[W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.”
    “Kadara was of great interest to the Andromeda Initiative after it appeared on long-range surveys. Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4. Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.”
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adj

  1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing.
    “Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.”
    “an abundant selection of carpets to choose from”
    “[W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.”
    “Kadara was of great interest to the Andromeda Initiative after it appeared on long-range surveys. Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4. Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.”
  2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity.
    “Abundant in goodness and truth.”
  3. Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself.

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Etymology

First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt, habundaunt, aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

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