abundanceとは

語源

From Middle English abundaunce, habaundance,^[1] from Old French habundance^[2], abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). See abound.

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/^[1]

名詞

abundance (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 abundances)

1. A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]^[2]
2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[2]
   • (Can we date this quote?) Sir Walter Raleigh

     It is lamentable to remember what abundance of noble blood hath been shed with small benefit to the Christian state.

3. Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]^[2]
4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]^[2]
5. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19^th century.]^[2]

使用する際の注意点

• Synonym notes: 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.

同意語

• (large quantity): heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot
• (ample sufficiency): exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenteousness, plenty; see also Thesaurus:excess
• (plentiful amount of resources): riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth

関連する語

• abound
• abundant

参照

• abundance in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.