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First attested about 1380. From Middle English abundaunt,[1] habundaunt,[2] aboundant, from Anglo-Norman abundant, from Old French abondant, from Latin abundāns, present participle of abundō (“to overflow, to abound”). Compare abound.

abundant (comparative more abundant, superlative most abundant)

  1. Fully sufficient; found in copious supply; in great quantity; overflowing. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    Antonyms: rare, scarce
    Blackberries are abundant in this part of the country in October, so we always make lots of jam.
    an abundant selection of carpets to choose from
    • a. 1859, Leigh Hunt, On the Realities of Imagination:
      [W]ith their magical words they [poets] bring forth to our eyesight the abundant images and beauties of creation.
    • 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Kadara:
      Kadara was of great interest to the Andromeda Initiative after it appeared on long-range surveys. Seemingly abundant liquid water and an oxygen-mix atmosphere made it a strong candidate for settlement, earning it the designation Habitat 4. Closer range surveys now reveal that Kadara's water sources are tainted and unpotable.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:abundant.
  2. Richly supplied; wealthy; possessing in great quantity. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][3]
    Synonyms: flush, rife
  3. (mathematics) Being an abundant number, i.e. less than the sum of all of its divisors except itself. [First attested in the mid 16th century.][3]
    Antonym: deficient

fully sufficient; plentiful

  1. ^ William Morris, editor (1969 (1971 printing)), “abundant”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, New York, N.Y.: American Heritage Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 6.
  2. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 8
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abundant”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 10.

Borrowed from Latin abundantem.

abundant m or f (masculine and feminine plural abundants)

  1. abundant; plentiful

abundant

  1. gerund of abundar

Borrowed from Middle French abundant.

abundant (comparative abundanter, superlative abundantst)

  1. abundant
Declension of abundant
uninflected abundant
inflected abundante
comparative abundanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial abundant abundanter het abundantsthet abundantste
indefinite m./f. sing. abundante abundantere abundantste
n. sing. abundant abundanter abundantste
plural abundante abundantere abundantste
definite abundante abundantere abundantste
partitive abundants abundanters —

abundant (strong nominative masculine singular abundanter, comparative abundanter, superlative am abundantesten)

  1. abundant

Positive forms of abundant

Comparative forms of abundant

Superlative forms of abundant

abundant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of abundō

abundant

  1. (Anglo-Norman) alternative form of abondant

abundant m or n (feminine singular abundantă, masculine plural abundanți, feminine/neuter plural abundante)

  1. obsolete form of abundent