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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ABUND'ANCE, n. Great plenty; an overflowing quantity; ample sufficiency; in strictness applicable to quantity only; but customarily used of number, as an abundance of peasants.
In scripture, the abundance of the rich is great wealth. Ecclesiastes 5. Mark 7. Luke 21.
The abundance of the seas is great plenty of fish.
Deutoronomy 33.
It denotes also fullness, overflowing, as the abundance of the heart. Matthew 22. Luke 6.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance" [syn: abundance, copiousness, teemingness] [ant: scarceness, scarcity]
2: (physics) the ratio of the number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element to the total number of isotopes present
3: (chemistry) the ratio of the total mass of an element in the earth's crust to the total mass of the earth's crust; expressed as a percentage or in parts per million

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century 1. an ample quantity ; profusion 2. affluence, wealth 3. relative degree of plentifulness <low abundances of uranium and thorium — H. C. Urey>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a very great quantity, usu. considered to be more than enough. 2 wealth, affluence. 3 wealth of emotion (abundance of heart). 4 a call in solo whist undertaking to make nine tricks. Etymology: ME f. OF abundance f. L abundantia (as ABUNDANT)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Abundance A*bun"dance, n. [OE. (h)abundaunce, abundance, F. abondance, L. abundantia, fr. abundare. See Abound.] An overflowing fullness; ample sufficiency; great plenty; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; wealth: -- strictly applicable to quantity only, but sometimes used of number. It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state. --Raleigh. Syn: Exuberance; plenteousness; plenty; copiousness; overflow; riches; affluence; wealth. Usage: Abundance, Plenty, Exuberance. These words rise upon each other in expressing the idea of fullness. Plenty denotes a sufficiency to supply every want; as, plenty of food, plenty of money, etc. Abundance express more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; as, abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor; often, however, it only denotes plenty in a high degree. Exuberance rises still higher, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing great superfluity or redundance; as, an exuberance of mirth, an exuberance of animal spirits, etc.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

An abundance of something is a large quantity of it. The area has an abundance of wildlife... Food was in abundance. = wealth N-SING-COLL: usu N of n, also in N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Flow, flood, overflow, exuberance, luxuriance, fertility, copiousness, profusion, richness, largeness, ampleness, wealth, affluence, store, more than enough, plenty, plenteousness.

Moby Thesaurus

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