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abundance
[ uh-buhn-duhns ]
noun
- an extremely plentiful or oversufficient quantity or supply:
an abundance of grain.
Synonyms: ,
Antonyms:
- overflowing fullness:
abundance of the heart.
Synonyms:
- affluence; wealth:
the enjoyment of abundance.
- 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.
abundance
/ əˈʌԻəԲ /
noun
- a copious supply; great amount
- fullness or benevolence
from the abundance of my heart
- degree of plentifulness
- chem the extent to which an element or ion occurs in the earth's crust or some other specified environment: often expressed in parts per million or as a percentage
- physics the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope in a mixture of isotopes of an element to the total number of atoms present: often expressed as a percentage
the abundance of neon-22 in natural neon is 8.82 per cent
- Also calledabondance a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks
- affluence
Other Word Forms
- ··ܲ·岹Գ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of abundance1
Word History and Origins
Origin of abundance1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The film’s deceptively modest approach belies a radical strategy to depict ordinary Black life at a time when such images were hardly in abundance.
A conservation manager for the Dorset-based Butterfly Conservation, Steven Lofting, said the new method "has the potential to change our understanding of their biology, distribution, abundance and ecology. It's really exciting."
“Out of an abundance of caution and the health of Mr. Santana, the decision to postpone the show was the most prudent course of action.”
They have character in abundance, have inherited the club's 'never say die' DNA and are willing to give everything for the cause.
First, the bureaucratic bottlenecks that the abundance Dems want to circumvent are closely guarded by progressive constituencies.
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