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a·bun·dant

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–adjective

1.	present in great quantity; more than adequate; oversufficient: an abundant supply of water.

2.	well supplied; abounding: a river abundant in salmon.

3.	richly supplied: an abundant land.

[Origin: 1325–75; ME (< MF) < L abundant- (s. of abundāns) overflowing. See abound, -ant

]

—Related forms

a·bun·dant·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1. copious, profuse, overflowing. See plentiful. 2. teeming, rich.

—Antonyms 1, 2. sparse, scarce.

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adj.

Occurring in or marked by abundance; plentiful. See Synonyms at plentiful.
Abounding with; rich: a region abundant in wildlife.

[Middle English aboundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, abundant-, present participle of abundāre, to overflow; see abound.]

a·bun'dant·ly adv.

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abundant
adjective
present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water" [ant: scarce]

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
aˈbundant adjective

plentiful
Example: abundant proof

Arabic:	وَفِير، غَزِير، غَنِي بِ
Chinese (Simplified):	丰富的
Chinese (Traditional):	豐富的
Czech:	hojný
Danish:	rigelig; tilstrækkelig
Dutch:	overvloedig
Estonian:	rohke
Finnish:	runsas
French:	abondant
German:	reichlich
Greek:	άφθονος
Hungarian:	bőséges
Icelandic:	nógur, ríkulegur
Indonesian:	berlimpah
Italian:	abbondante

Japanese:	豊富な
Korean:	풍부한
Latvian:	pārpilns; vairāk nekā pietiekams
Lithuanian:	gausus
Norwegian:	rikelig
Polish:	obfity, liczny
Portuguese (Brazil):	abundante
Portuguese (Portugal):	abundante
Romanian:	abundent, bogat
Russian:	обильный
Slovak:	hojný
Slovenian:	obilen
Spanish:	abundante
Swedish:	riklig
Turkish:	bol, çok, zengin

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Abundant

A*bun"dant\, a. [OE. (h)abundant, aboundant, F. abondant, fr. L. abudans, p. pr. of abundare. See Abound.] Fully sufficient; plentiful; in copious supply; -- followed by in, rarely by with. "Abundant in goodness and truth." --Exod. xxxiv. 6.

Abundant number (Math.), a number, the sum of whose aliquot parts exceeds the number itself. Thus, 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, the aliquot parts of 12, make the number 16. This is opposed to a deficient number, as 14, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2, 7, the sum of which is 10; and to a perfect number, which is equal to the sum of its aliquot parts, as 6, whose aliquot parts are 1, 2., 3.

Syn: Ample; plentiful; copious; plenteous; exuberant; overflowing; rich; teeming; profuse; bountiful; liberal. See Ample.

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