abundanceとは

意味・読み方・使い方

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]
• (Malaysia, Singapore) IPA^(key): /əˈbɑn.dənts/

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 by Sir Walter Raleigh かつ provide title, author's full name, かつ other details?)

     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.