plentiful
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈplɛntɪfl̩/
plentiful (comparative plentifuller, superlative plentifullest)
- Existing in large number or ample amount.
- a plentiful harvest
- a plentiful supply of water
- She accumulated a plentiful collection of books.
- Yielding abundance; fruitful.
- Some years, the tree is a plentiful source of apples.
- 1626, Francis Bacon, Sylva Sylvarum, Or, A Naturall Historie: In Ten Centuries
- If it be a long winter, it is commonly a more plentiful year.
- (obsolete) lavish; profuse; prodigal
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Expense
- He that is plentiful in expenses will hardly be preserved from decay.
- 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Expense
- See also Thesaurus:plentiful
- French: abondant, copieux, ample
- German: massenhaft, reichlich
- Portuguese: grande
- Russian: изоби́лующий
- Italian: abbondante
- Portuguese: abundante, farto
- Russian: изоби́лующий
- Spanish: abundante
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