HOW TO PRONOUNCE
abundance
/əˈbʌndəns/
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American Pronunciation Guide · 0:47
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Give “bun” the strongest vowel.
Both the opening vowel and the vowel after d are relaxed schwa. The stressed middle vowel sounds like cup, even though the other vowels are lighter.
3 syllables · Stress on syllable 2
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“The garden produced an abundance of tomatoes.”
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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗What does abundance mean?
noun
- A large quantity; many.
- An overflowing fullness or ample sufficiency; profusion; copious supply; superfluity; plentifulness.
- Wealth; affluence; plentiful amount of resources.
More meanings (4)
noun
- Frequency, amount, ratio of something within a given environment or sample.
- A political ideology that is progressive but prioritises economic growth and infrastructure construction.
- A bid to take nine or more tricks in solo whist.
- enough, sufficiency.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈbʌndəns/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary ↗Other dictionary pronunciations
/əˈbʌn.dn̩s//əˈbʌn.dn̩ts//əˈbn̩.dn̩s/
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There is an abundance of printed information on the animal life of America, to the west as well as to the east.
Mr. Caldeleugh sent home two tubers, which, being well manured, even the first season produced numerous potatoes and an abundance of leaves.
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Owing to the abundance of cover it was very nervous work, for the beast might be almost anywhere, and would certainly charge.
When he himself stepped before the king, he delivered gold, silver, and diamonds to him in great abundance, and a magnificent charger.
It contains in abundance, in a condensed state and retained by combination with the metal, the gas which we propose to obtain.