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abundance
The definition of abundance is to have a large amount of something, or to have wealth.
(noun)An example of abundance would be having a huge crop of corn for the year.
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See abundance in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- a great supply; more than sufficient quantity
- great plenty; wealth
Origin: ME aboundaunce < OFr abondaunce < L abundantia < prp. of abundare: see abound
See abundance in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A great or plentiful amount.
- Fullness to overflowing: “My thoughts . . . are from the abundance of my heart” (Thomas De Quincey).
- Affluence; wealth.
- 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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