Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Of large or great size, amount, extent, or capacity: an ample living room. See Synonyms at spacious.
- adj. Large in degree, kind, or quantity: an ample reward.
- adj. More than enough: ample evidence.
- adj. Fully sufficient to meet a need or purpose: had ample food for the party. See Synonyms at plentiful.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Large in dimensions; of great size, extent, capacity, or bulk; wide; spacious; extended.
- Large in kind or degree; having full scope or extent; copious; unrestricted; unrestrained: as, an ample narrative; to give ample praise, or do ample justice.
- Fully sufficient for any purpose, or for the purpose specified; abundant; liberal; plentiful: as, ample provision for the table.
- Synonyms Ample, Copious, Plenteous, spacious, roomy, extensive, extended, wide, capacious, abundant, sufficient, full, enough, unrestricted, plenary, unstinted. (See lists under abundant and large.) Ample, in its more common uses, has reference to the sufficiency of the supply for every need; copious carries with it the idea of the unfailingness of the source; while plenteous usually indicates largeness of quantity in actual possession: as, ample stores or resources; a copious supply of materials; a plenteous harvest.
Wiktionary
- adj. Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
- adj. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
- adj. Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended.
- adj. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious.
- adj. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. fairly large
- adj. more than enough in size or scope or capacity
- adj. affording an abundant supply
Etymologies
- Middle English, from Old French, from Latin amplus.
Examples
“Cleavage is often preceded by the term "ample" and one customarily "sports" it.”
“Despite what he describes as his ample "rhythm and sex appeal," boxing champion Floyd Mayweather only managed to finish ninth in season five.”
“One strategist I talked to said that he should use what he calls his ample capital he has left to address this issue -- John.”
“Or you could look into hydrogen because even though natural gas is in ample amounts … it will run out.”
“Keegan tells an old story in ample, uncomplicated prose and the scale of the book is well judged, sufficient to allow for richness of detail and depth of analysis without overhwhelming the reader.”
“Gold bullion is the one investment and long-term store of value which cannot be adversely impacted by corrupt corporate management or incompetent politicians -- each of which are in ample supply on a global basis.”
“Such parables offer not so much institutional legitimacy and authority – I think Israel knew there would always be claims to those things in ample measure.”
“Today nearly all primary commodities, including petroleum, appear in ample supply.”
“Beyond the run-and-gun fun shared by the Kings and Mavericks, unpleasant sights have been in ample supply.”
“The starting point of Ohlin's theory is that a country tends to be an exporter of commodities that use relatively large amounts of the factors of production which are in ample supply as compared to domestic demand - in the hypothetical case without foreign trade.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
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abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4084 more...
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3/4 year Vocab List
garbled, verbose, behoove, runt, douse, stipulate, condolence, incongruous, mundane, euphemism, brusque, labyrinth and 96 more...
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3/4 year Vocab List
lackluster, reprimand, loathe, abhor, willful, ample, tremulous, ominous, subtle, rescind, redundant, pretentious and 96 more...
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Weird Words
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flesh, moist, supple, ample, flab, tardy, fork, umber, glasses, paper, mellifluous
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Vocab #8
avid, cajole, rudimentary, enhance, nuance, insolent, pretentious, ample, willful, abhor
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