abundance
pronunciation
How to pronounce abundance in British English:
UK [əˈbʌndəns]
How to pronounce abundance in American English:
US [əˈbʌndəns]
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- Noun:
- the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply
- (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
- (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million
Word Origin
- abundance (n.)
- mid-14c., from Old French abondance and directly from Latin abundantia "fullness, plenty," noun of state from abundantem (nominative abundans), present participle of abundare "to overflow" (see abound).
Example
- 1. Did you know you 're completely surrounded by abundance ?
- 2. But the report has evidence in abundance .
- 3. What is needed is an unexpected abundance of such signals .
- 4. When we gained abundance , we lost our own expansiveness .
- 5. Few imagined the era of abundance would end any time soon .