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(Latin: abundance, plenty, plentiful, well supplied, abounding)
(Latin: suffix; forming adjectives; inclined to, given to, tendency to be, abounding in)
(Greek > Latin: a suffix; a place for; abounding in or connected with something; a place containing or related to that which is specified by the root)
(Latin: flower; full of flowers, abounding in flowers; flora, plant life, plants of a general region or period)
(Latin: full of, abounding in, having the qualities of, characteristic of something)
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“abounding”
abound (uh BOUND) (verb), abounds; abounded; abounding
1. Everyone can see that his garden is abounding (teeming, flourishing) with roses.
2. Existing in great quantities or numbers; to be prevalent: "The English language abounds (overflows, flourishes) in exact, vigorous, and colorful words to express all shades of meanings." 3. Etymology: rom Latin abundare, "to overflow" from ab-, "from" + undare, "to flow"; from unda, "a wave".
2. Existing in great quantities or numbers; to be prevalent: "The English language abounds (overflows, flourishes) in exact, vigorous, and colorful words to express all shades of meanings." 3. Etymology: rom Latin abundare, "to overflow" from ab-, "from" + undare, "to flow"; from unda, "a wave".
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“abounding”
abound in/with (verb phrase) (something), abounds in/with; abounded in/with; abounding in/with
To be filled with something or to contain a very large amount of something: "They live in an area which abounds with oil."
They were fishing in a stream that abounded in fish."
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