ample
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pəl adjective, am·pler, am·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 Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin amplus wide, large
1400–50; late Middle English < Anglo-French < Latin 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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ample (ˈæmpəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | more than sufficient; abundant: an ample helping |
| 2. | large in size, extent, or amount: of ample proportions |
| [C15: from Old French, from Latin amplus spacious] | |
| 'ampleness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
ample
mid-15c., from M.Fr. ample, from L. amplus "large, spacious." Related: Amply (1550s).
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AMPLE definition
language, musicA 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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But there is ample evidence that industry-sector focused training can close the skills gap and provide worker mobility.
Most refute the texts and offer ample evidence of their fraudulent nature.
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