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am⋅ple
[am-puh
l]
–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
1400–50; late ME < AF < L amplus wide, large

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.
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.
2. scanty, meager.
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am·ple (ām'pəl) adj. am·pler, am·plest
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin amplus.] am'ple·ness n., am'ply (-plē) adv. |
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Ample
Am"ple\, a. [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. --Spenser. 2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice. 3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. --Johnson. Syn: Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent. Usage: Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. "Copious matter of my song." --Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests.
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Language Translation for : ample
Spanish:
bastante, de sobra,
German:
reichlich,
Japanese:
広い
ample
1437, from M.Fr. ample, from L. amplus "large, spacious."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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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)
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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