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–adjective, -pler, -plest.

1.	fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs; plentiful; enough: an ample supply of water; ample time to finish.

2.	of sufficient or abundant measure; liberal; copious: an ample reward.

3.	of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount; large; spacious; roomy: ample storage space.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < AF < L amplus wide, large

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—Related forms

am·ple·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See plentiful. 2. generous, free, abounding, lavish, plenteous, overflowing. Ample, liberal, copious, profuse describe degrees of abundant provision. Ample implies a plentiful provision: to give ample praise. Liberal implies provision from a generous supply (more than ample but less than copious): Liberal amounts of food were distributed to the needy. Copious implies an apparently inexhaustible and lavish abundance: a copious flow of tears. Profuse implies a still more unrestrained abundance of provision or flow: profuse in his apologies. 3. extensive, vast, great, capacious.

—Antonyms 2. scanty, meager.

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adj. am·pler, am·plest

Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity: an ample living room. See Synonyms at spacious.
1. Large in degree, kind, or quantity: an ample reward.
2. More than enough: ample evidence.
Fully sufficient to meet a need or purpose: had ample food for the party. See Synonyms at plentiful.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin amplus.]

am'ple·ness n., am'ply (-plē) adv.

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1437, from M.Fr. ample, from L. amplus "large, spacious."

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ample
adjective
1.	more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply" [ant: meager]
2.	affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply"
3.	fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions"

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ample [ˈӕmpl] adjective

(more than) enough
Example: There is ample space for four people.

Arabic:	مُتَّسِع، فَسِيح،واسِع
Chinese (Simplified):	足够的
Chinese (Traditional):	足夠的
Czech:	hojný
Danish:	rigelig; mere end plads nok
Dutch:	rijkelijk
Estonian:	küllaldane
Finnish:	runsas, runsaasti
French:	largement assez (de)
German:	reichlich
Greek:	άφθονος
Hungarian:	bő(séges)
Icelandic:	ríflegur
Indonesian:	cukup, banyak
Italian:	sufficiente

Japanese:	広い
Korean:	충분한
Latvian:	plašs; bagātīgs
Lithuanian:	pakankamas
Norwegian:	rikelig, mer enn nok
Polish:	wystarczający
Portuguese (Brazil):	bastante
Portuguese (Portugal):	bastante
Romanian:	suficient
Russian:	достаточный
Slovak:	hojný
Slovenian:	več kot dovolj
Spanish:	bastante, de sobra
Swedish:	mer än nog, gott om
Turkish:	bol

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AMPLE language, music
A FORTH-like language for programming the 500/5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the BBC Microcomputer. AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies, Cambridge, England in the mid 1980s. Many AMPLE programs were published in Acorn User magazine.
(1995-11-01)

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Ample

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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