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a·bun·dance  (-bndns)

n.

1. A great or plentiful amount.

2. Fullness to overflowing: "My thoughts . . . are from the abundance of my heart" (Thomas De Quincey).

3. Affluence; wealth.

4. Chemistry The amount of an isotope of an element that exists in nature, usually expressed as a percentage of the total amount of all isotopes of the element.

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abundance [əˈbʌndəns]

n

1. a copious supply; great amount

2. fullness or benevolence from the abundance of my heart

3. degree of plentifulness

4. (Chemistry) 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

5. (Physics / General Physics) 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

6. (Group Games / Card Games) Also called abondance a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks

7. affluence

[via Old French from Latin abundantia, from abundāre to abound]

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Abundance a profusion, a great plenty, an overflowing quantity. See also exuberance.

Examples: of superfluous breath, 1593; of valuable information, 1824; of mercy; of worthless and fabulous scoundrels, 1687; an abundance of good things.

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Abundance 

See Also: CLOSENESS; GROWTH, SPREADING

1. Abound like street vendors on a spring day —Anon
2. Abound like blades of grass —George Sandys
3. Abundant as the light of the sun —Thomas Carlyle
4. Abundant as the salt in the sea —Anon
5. Abundant as air —Anon

   Modern day life has added “Abundant as polluted air and water.”

6. Abundant as June graduates in search of jobs —Anon
7. Abundant as poverty —Anon
8. Ample as the wants of man —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
9. As full as a fruit tree in spring blossom —Janet Flanner

   The simile refers to a letter filled with good news.

10. As stuffed (with idle hopes and false illusions) as any Whitsun goose crammed with bread and spices —George Garrett
11. As stuffed with ideas as a quilt is with batting —Anon
12. Bountiful as April rains —William Cowper
13. Bountiful as the showers that fall into the Spring’s green bosom —James Shirley
14. Bulging like a coin purse fallen on the ground —W. D. Snodgrass
15. [Dreams] came like locusts —Isaac Bashevis Singer
16. (The big racket money) comes in like water from a pipe in your bathroom, a steady stream that never stops flowing —Raymond Chandler
17. Ladled out fines like soup to breadline beggars —Bernard Malamud

    In Malamud’s novel, The Natural, the simile refers to fines issued by a baseball coach to rule-breaking players.

18. Lush as a Flemish oil painting —Anon
19. Numerous as a bank or trust company’s vice-presidents —New York Tribune, January 6, 1921

    With the lean-and-mean management style in vogue since the mid-eighties, this long enduring simile may well be headed for obsolescence.

20. (Children appearing here and there … ) numerous as fireflies —Alice McDermott
21. Overdo … like a host who stuffs his guests with too many hors d’oeuvres —Tom Shales, Public Radio, January 10, 1986

    The simile referred to the directorial touches used in a movie, The Color Purple.

22. Plentiful as blackberries —William Shakespeare
23. Plentiful as New Year’s Eve predictions and resolutions —Elyse Sommer
24. Plentiful as oak leaves, as plentiful as the fireflies that covered the lawn at evening —Ellen Gilchrist
25. Plentiful as tabby cats —W. S. Gilbert
26. Stuffed like a Strasbourg goose —Anon

    Strasbourg geese are over-fed and under-exercised in order to obtain the largest possible liver for making pté. Being stuffed like a Strasbourg goose is linked to any kind of excess.

27. They’re like plums on a tree —H. E. Bates

    Bates compared the abundance of plums on a tree to an abundance of admirers.

28. Thick as autumnal leaves —John Milton
29. Thick as fleas —American colloquialism, attributed to New England

    Some variations from the American South: “Thick as fleas on a fat pup,” or “Thick as flies on flypaper”.

30. Thick as hail —William Shakespeare
31. (You have fallen into ripeness) thick as honey —Marge Piercy
32. Thick as Japanese beetles —Herman Wouk

    Wouk’s simile from Inside, Outside refers to the behavior of people working for the president of the United States.

33. (Eyelashes) thick as June grass —Elizabeth Spencer
34. Thick as summer stars —William Blake
35. Thick as buttercups in June —Henry James
36. Thick as … freckles —George Garrett

    In his novel, Death of the Fox, Garrett refers specifically to the freckles of Sir Francis Drake.

37. Thick as the green leaves of a garden —Henry James

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Abundance 

hand over fist See PACE.

happy hunting ground See PARADISE.

land of milk and honey See PARADISE.

loaves and fishes See MONEY.

my cup runneth over Any state of abundance, profusion, or excess; a run of luck or good fortune. This phrase from the well-known Twenty-third psalm (“The Lord is my shepherd”) is now commonly used in a secular sense, though in a secular sense, though in its original context it referred to the plentitude of God’s goodness and spiritual gifts.

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
My cup runneth over
Surely goodnees and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever. (Psalms 23:5-6)

spring up like mushrooms To proliferate; to appear in great quantity all at once. Mushrooms, a type of fungus, grow rapidly and abundantly following the slightest rainfall.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	abundance - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" copiousness, teemingness quantity - an adequate or large amount; "he had a quantity of ammunition" bountifulness, bounty, amplitude - the property of copious abundance plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude, plenty - a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" profuseness, profusion, richness, cornucopia - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English" wealth - the quality of profuse abundance; "she has a wealth of talent" lushness, luxuriance, voluptuousness - the property of being lush and abundant and a pleasure to the senses overmuch, overmuchness, superabundance, overabundance - a quantity that is more than what is appropriate; "four-year-olds have an overabundance of energy"; "we received an inundation of email" scarceness, scarcity - a small and inadequate amount
	2.	abundance - (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
	3.	abundance - (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 chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions ratio - the relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)

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abundance

noun

1. plenty, heap (informal), bounty, exuberance, profusion, plethora, affluence, fullness, opulence, plenitude, fruitfulness, copiousness, ampleness, cornucopia, plenteousness, plentifulness a staggering abundance of food
plenty need, lack, shortage, deficiency, scarcity, dearth, paucity, sparseness, scantiness

2. wealth, money, funds, capital, cash, riches, resources, assets, fortune, possessions, prosperity, big money, wad (U.S. & Canad. slang), affluence, big bucks (informal, chiefly U.S.), opulence, top dollar (informal), megabucks (U.S. & Canad. slang), tidy sum (informal), lucre, wonga (slang), pretty penny (informal), pelf What customers want is a display of lushness and abundance.

Translations

abundance [əˈbʌndəns] N → abundancia f
in abundance → en abundancia, en cantidad, en grandes cantidades
we have a great abundance of plums → tenemos ciruelas en abundancia
we had an abundance of rain → llovió copiosamente

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abundance [əˈbʌndəns] n → abondance f
an abundance of sth → une abondance de qch
in abundance → en abondance, à profusion
to have sth in abundance → avoir qch en abondance

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abundance

n → (großer) Reichtum (→ of an +dat); (of hair, vegetation, details, illustrations, information, ideas, colours also, proof) → Fülle f (→ of von, +gen); in abundance → in Hülle und Fülle; to have an abundance of something → etw im Überfluss haben; a country with an abundance of oil/raw materials → ein Land mit reichen Ölvorkommen/großem Reichtum an Rohstoffen; with his abundance of energy → mit seiner ungeheuren Energie; such an abundance of open space → so unermesslich viel freies Land

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abundance [əˈbʌndəns] n → abbondanza, gran quantità
in abundance → in abbondanza, in gran quantità

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abundance

n abundance [əˈbandəns]

a large amount an abundance of food; There was food in abundance. oorvloed كَثْرَة، وَفْرَة، غَزَارَة обилие hojnost, velké množství overflod der Überfluß αφθονία abundancia rohkus وفور runsaus abondance שֶׁפָע अधिकता/अपार obilje bőség berlimpah gnægð abbondanza 豊富 풍부 gausumas pārpilnība banyak overvloed overflod mnogość, dostatek abundância abundenţă изобилие hojnosť izobilje obilje överflöd ความอุดมสมบูรณ์ bolluk, zenginlik 大量 достаток; велика кількість افراط sự nhiều 大量

adj aˈbundant

plentiful abundant proof. oorvloedig وَفِير، غَزِير، غَنِي بِ обилен hojný rigelig; tilstrækkelig reichlich άφθονος abundante rohke فراوان runsas abondant מָצוּי בְּשֶׁפָע, דַי וְהוֹתֵר बहुत सारा obilan bőséges berlimpah nógur, ríkulegur abbondante 豊富な 풍부한 gausus pārpilns; vairāk nekā pietiekams amat banyak overvloedig rikelig obfity, liczny abundante abundent, bogat обильный hojný obilen obilan riklig อุดมสมบูรณ์ bol, çok, zengin 豐富的 рясний, багатий بآفراط nhiều 丰富的

adv aˈbundantly

oorvloedig بِوَفْرَة، بِغَزَارَة، بِكَثْرَة изобилие hojně rigeligt reichlich άφθονα abundantemente rohkesti بطور فراوان runsaasti abondamment בְּשֶפָע, לְמַכבִּיר, מֵעַל וֵּמֵעֶבֶר प्रचुरता obilno bőven berlimpah ríkulega abbondantemente たっぷり 풍부하게 gausiai, sočiai pārpilnībā dengan banyaknya overvloedig rikelig obficie, pod dostatkiem com abundância din belşug обильно hojne, výdatne obilno obilato i överflöd, rikligt อย่างมาก bol bol, bol miktarda 大量地，很多 рясно فراوانی سے nhiều 大量地，很多