Abundanceとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• (obsolete) abundaunce
• (obsolete) habundance
• (obsolete) boundance
• (obsolete) aboundance
• (card games) abondance

語源

From 中期英語 abundaunce, habaundance, from Old French habundance, abondance, from Latin abundantia (“fullness, plenty”), from abundō (“to overflow”). Equivalent to abound +‎ -ance. Displaced 古期英語 geniht (“abundance, plenty”).

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/
• (米国発音) IPA: /əˈbʌn.dn̩s/, /əˈbʌn.dn̩ts/, /əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
• ハイフネーション: a‧bun‧dance

名詞

abundance (countable and uncountable, plural abundances)

1. A large quantity; many. [First attested around 1150 to 1350.]

   Synonyms: heap, load; see also Thesaurus:lot

   Due to the abundance of art material, the class made a giant collage.

   There is not a great abundance of time, so please don't dawdle.

2. An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]

   Synonyms: exuberance, copiousness, overflow, plenty, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitude; see also Thesaurus:excess

   • c. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War:

     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.]

   Synonyms: riches, affluence, wealth; see also Thesaurus:wealth

4. Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample. [First attested in the late 19 century.]
5. (card games) A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist. [First attested in the late 19 century.]
6. (Scotland) enough, sufficiency.

使用する際の注意点

• Synonym notes: abundance, plenty, exuberance. These words express increasing levels of fullness.
  • plenty denotes there is enough to supply every need; e.g., plenty of food, plenty of money, etc.
  • abundance expresses more, and gives the idea of superfluity or excess; e.g., the abundance of riches, an abundance of wit and humor
  • Exuberance expresses even more, and implies a bursting forth on every side, producing an enormous amount of superfluity or redundancy; e.g. an exuberance of talent, lakes replete with an exuberance of fish

同意語

• abundation (Chester)

派生語

関連する語

• abound
• abundant

参照

• “abundance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.