What does abundance mean?
Word: Abundance
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: Abundance means a very large amount of something, more than enough.
Synonyms: plenty, wealth
Antonyms: shortage, lack
How do you spell abundance?
Syllables: a - bun - dance
Tricky part: The ending is ance, not ence. Students who spell by sound often write abundence because the last syllable is said quickly.
Watch out for: abundence, abundanse, abandance
Memory tip: Picture a wedding dance with far more sweets than anyone could eat: an abundance always ends in dance.
Abundance in a sentence
Example 1: Assam has an abundance of tea gardens on its green hills.
Example 2: After a good monsoon, the farmers had an abundance of rice to sell.
Example 3: There was an abundance of sweets at my cousin's wedding.
Fun Fact
The word comes from the Latin abundare, which meant to overflow, like water spilling over the edge of a full pot.
Practise the CREST Way
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word: abundance
a) harvest
b) fortune
c) surplus
d) scarcity
Show answer
d) scarcity. Scarcity means too little of something, while abundance means more than enough.
Spell-o-Spell
Choose the incorrectly spelt word:
a) abondance
b) vegetable
c) restaurant
d) temperature
Show answer
a) abondance. The second vowel is a u, as in bun, not an o.
Word Cookie
Find the extra letter in the word:
abbundance
a) u
b) d
c) n
d) b
Show answer
d) b. Abundance starts with ab and a single b.
Mingle-Mangle
Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:
cudneanab
a) attendance
b) abundant
c) abundance
d) avoidance
Show answer
c) abundance. There is a c and an e but no t, v or o, so abundant, attendance and avoidance are all ruled out.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. A garden with an abundance of flowers has ____.
a) flowers of one colour
b) a great many flowers
c) newly planted flowers
d) a few scattered flowers
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b) a great many flowers
2. Mangoes are found in abundance in the summer markets. This means mangoes are ____.
a) unripe
b) costly
c) rare
d) plentiful
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d) plentiful
