Abound
verb
To exist in large numbers or amounts.
Fish abound in the lake.
Often appears as...
- rumors abound
- opportunities abound
verb
To be filled or rich in.
The forest abounds with beautiful, blooming flowers.
Often appears as...
- abound with wildlife
- abound with possibilities
verb
To exist in large numbers or amounts.
Fish abound in the lake.
Often appears as...
- rumors abound
- opportunities abound
verb
To be filled or rich in.
The forest abounds with beautiful, blooming flowers.
Often appears as...
- abound with wildlife
- abound with possibilities
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Quantity Emphasis
Abound emphasizes a very large quantity, often more than expected.
In autumn, the orchards abound with apples.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Often has a positive connotation, suggesting plentifulness in a beneficial way.
After the rain, the fields abound with crops.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Use when talking about natural resources, opportunities, features, or qualities.
Opportunities abound for graduates in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 1/3Quantity Emphasis
Abound emphasizes a very large quantity, often more than expected.
In autumn, the orchards abound with apples.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Often has a positive connotation, suggesting plentifulness in a beneficial way.
After the rain, the fields abound with crops.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Use when talking about natural resources, opportunities, features, or qualities.
Opportunities abound for graduates in the tech industry.
Pro Tip 1/3Quantity Emphasis
Abound emphasizes a very large quantity, often more than expected.
In autumn, the orchards abound with apples.
Pro Tip 2/3Positive Connotation
Often has a positive connotation, suggesting plentifulness in a beneficial way.
After the rain, the fields abound with crops.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Specific
Use when talking about natural resources, opportunities, features, or qualities.
Opportunities abound for graduates in the tech industry.
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Stunning Photos of the...
This is a narrative that's all too commonly unraveling here in this state. And this is a natural process that's occurred for thousands of years and we're just now learning about it. So you can imagine all else we have to learn about these landscapes if we just preserve them first. Now despite all this rich life that abounds in these swamps,
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A Visual History of...
And I think here, we can really understand the intricate and interdependent nature of most ecosystems that abound on our planet. But even though recent, this metaphor of the network, is really already adopting various shapes and forms, and it's almost becoming a growing visual taxonomy.
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How to raise a Black son...
Growing up, I didn't always understand why my parents made me follow the rules that they did. Like, why did I really have to mow the lawn? Why was homework really that important? Why couldn't I put jelly beans in my oatmeal? My childhood was abound with questions like this.
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How to build your...
But by most measures, we have more knowledge and more resources now than at any other point in history, and still injustice abounds and challenges persist. If knowledge and resources were all that we needed, we wouldn't still be here.
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The five major world...
All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving for one's own fulfillment at the expense of others. Following an eight-step plan can teach us to reduce that craving, and thus reduce the suffering.
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Hypnotic Earth PIPE...
Clement climate humans settle down they no longer depended on hunting for survival they chose to live in wet environments that abounded in fish game and wild plants there were land water and life combined
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Wolves Developent into...
he was also learning of the old days when the wild game abounded and the wilderness was unspoiled I can usually reckon on seeing a dozen or more pronghorn on the plains everyone says that these bands are
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Destination Ireland PIPE...
himself and eventually became an important medieval cathedral if your tastes cater more towards scenery than history you're in luck opportunities abound near Galway The Cliffs of mohair rise more
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Arctic PIPE Exploring Oceans
thrive there and nowhere else on earth cold dark waters of the Arctic life abounds as it has for millions of years
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Overview PIPE Exploring...
life abounds even at the greatest depth where the pressure is more than a thousand times greater than at the
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Stunning Photos of the...
This is a narrative that's all too commonly unraveling here in this state. And this is a natural process that's occurred for thousands of years and we're just now learning about it. So you can imagine all else we have to learn about these landscapes if we just preserve them first. Now despite all this rich life that abounds in these swamps,
Video examples
A Visual History of...
And I think here, we can really understand the intricate and interdependent nature of most ecosystems that abound on our planet. But even though recent, this metaphor of the network, is really already adopting various shapes and forms, and it's almost becoming a growing visual taxonomy.
Video examples
How to raise a Black son...
Growing up, I didn't always understand why my parents made me follow the rules that they did. Like, why did I really have to mow the lawn? Why was homework really that important? Why couldn't I put jelly beans in my oatmeal? My childhood was abound with questions like this.
Video examples
How to build your...
But by most measures, we have more knowledge and more resources now than at any other point in history, and still injustice abounds and challenges persist. If knowledge and resources were all that we needed, we wouldn't still be here.
Video examples
The five major world...
All of life abounds with suffering. It's caused by selfish craving for one's own fulfillment at the expense of others. Following an eight-step plan can teach us to reduce that craving, and thus reduce the suffering.
Video examples
Hypnotic Earth PIPE...
Clement climate humans settle down they no longer depended on hunting for survival they chose to live in wet environments that abounded in fish game and wild plants there were land water and life combined
Video examples
Wolves Developent into...
he was also learning of the old days when the wild game abounded and the wilderness was unspoiled I can usually reckon on seeing a dozen or more pronghorn on the plains everyone says that these bands are
Video examples
Destination Ireland PIPE...
himself and eventually became an important medieval cathedral if your tastes cater more towards scenery than history you're in luck opportunities abound near Galway The Cliffs of mohair rise more
Video examples
Arctic PIPE Exploring Oceans
thrive there and nowhere else on earth cold dark waters of the Arctic life abounds as it has for millions of years
Video examples
Overview PIPE Exploring...
life abounds even at the greatest depth where the pressure is more than a thousand times greater than at the
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Jonathan Franklin
American Journalist
The global embrace of the Chilean miners had as much to do with the state of the planet as it did the fate of the trapped men. Every year, thousands of miners are trapped and die. Hundreds more are rescued. The world's press has no shortage of global good-news stories. Heroes abound if reporters and editors take the time to search.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
Peace is, indeed, our policy. A kind Providence has cast our lot on a portion of the globe sufficiently vast to satisfy the most grasping ambition, and abounding in resources beyond all others, which only require to be fully developed to make us the greatest and most prosperous people on earth.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
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Melissa Bean
American Politician
But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.
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Bradley A. Smith
American Public Servant
The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.
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David Perlmutter
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Memory enhancement self-help programs abound and promise improved memory performance by the utilization of any number of seemingly unique techniques focused on the context of how information is encoded.
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Robert Krulwich
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Great teaching - just plain old knock 'em dead, get it right, make 'em laugh, make 'em wonder instruction - is always going to be rare. Good teachers abound. Great ones are special.
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David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.
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Richard V. Allen
American Public Servant
This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
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Mel Brooks
American Comedian
Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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Jonathan Franklin
American Journalist
The global embrace of the Chilean miners had as much to do with the state of the planet as it did the fate of the trapped men. Every year, thousands of miners are trapped and die. Hundreds more are rescued. The world's press has no shortage of global good-news stories. Heroes abound if reporters and editors take the time to search.
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John C. Calhoun
American Statesman
Peace is, indeed, our policy. A kind Providence has cast our lot on a portion of the globe sufficiently vast to satisfy the most grasping ambition, and abounding in resources beyond all others, which only require to be fully developed to make us the greatest and most prosperous people on earth.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
To such an extent does nature delight and abound in variety that among her trees there is not one plant to be found which is exactly like another; and not only among the plants, but among the boughs, the leaves and the fruits, you will not find one which is exactly similar to another.
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Melissa Bean
American Politician
But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.
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Bradley A. Smith
American Public Servant
The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.
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David Perlmutter
American Scientist
Memory enhancement self-help programs abound and promise improved memory performance by the utilization of any number of seemingly unique techniques focused on the context of how information is encoded.
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Robert Krulwich
American Journalist
Great teaching - just plain old knock 'em dead, get it right, make 'em laugh, make 'em wonder instruction - is always going to be rare. Good teachers abound. Great ones are special.
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David Hume
Scottish Philosopher
Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most in people, as well as in commodities and riches.
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Richard V. Allen
American Public Servant
This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.
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Mel Brooks
American Comedian
Life literally abounds in comedy if you just look around you.
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