Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The state of being profuse; abundance.
- n. Lavish or unrestrained expense; extravagance.
- n. A profuse outpouring or quantity: "A profusion of chiles—mild Anaheim to hot jalapeño—perks up everything” ( Gene Bourg).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Profuse or extravagant expenditure; prodigality; lavishment; waste.
- n. Abundance; lavish supply; superfluity.
- n. Synonyms Abundance, Exuberance, etc. (see plenty), lavishness, superabundance.
Wiktionary
- n. abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
- n. lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The act of one who is profuse; a lavishing or pouring out without sting.
- n. Abundance; exuberant plenty; lavish supply.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the property of being extremely abundant
Examples
“The guard said, in profusion of the class-struggle snetiment.”
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“They blossom in profusion by the creek near here a week or so before Mothers 'Day.”
“Incidentally, the village's name, Tupátaro, means "place of reeds or bulrushes", plants that still thrive in profusion today on the shores of nearby Lake Patzcuaro and are widely used in making modern handicrafts.”
“[T] he insults, the blows, the murders which flow in such awful profusion from the intemperance of husbands, fathers, sons, brothers, fall with heaviest, most crushing force upon woman.”
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“Not so very far from here the smaller, traditional, wild daffodils, the kind that inspired Wordsworth and Housman, grow in profusion in woods and by roadsides.”
“There he began writing polemical articles “in profusion,” the biographer Richard Wightman Fox reports, in part to support his mother, who lived with him, and a spendthrift older brother.”
“My neighbour has some elderflowers growing in profusion in the back garden.”
“Raya: stingray, found in profusion in Baja California's Sea of Cortez.”
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“Their names and military units are inscribed in profusion around the structure's base, and inside, glass cases are full of the soldiers 'belongings.”
“The profusion is meant to clarify completely my beliefs that these types of symbols (rainbow triangles or what have you) should either all be allowed, or none should be allowed.”
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GRE Barrons Wordlist
A complete Barron's Wordlist for GRE preparation. Your online flashcard replacement.
abase, abash, abate, abbreviate, abdicate, aberrant, aberration, abet, abeyance, abhor, abject, abjure and 4087 more...
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Interesting words
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2nd part
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fancy essay words
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aykut gre
mossy, intrusive, mettlesome, soliloquy, mocking, dissembler, prevarication, histrionics, aphorism, distinction, concise, pensive and 61 more...
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All The Words
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JesusIsLord's Words
debauchery, plethora, wiki, numinous, wormwood, scribe, gelded, mithridate, orthogonal, jaculiferous, jaculate, jactitation and 415 more...
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SAT Vocab
Redundant.
problematic, proclivity, prodigal, prodigious, prodigy, profane, profligate, profound, profusion, proliferation, prolific, prologue and 455 more...
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newGRE
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imbue, verge on, nonchalant, deliberate, timorous, futile, provisional, dissect, checked, tinged, alluring, visionary and 1046 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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ADW1
obdurate, obstinate, behest, injunction, enjoin, circumspect, ensconce, discursive, lugubrious, doleful, somber, ken and 2476 more...
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GRE 3500 P
paean, pall, palliate, pallid, palpable, palpitate, paltry, pan, panache, panegyric, pantomime, paraphernalia and 93 more...
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Big Book #2 List
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SAT Words Appearing More Than Once on...
A list of 166 words that have appeared more than once on official SAT exams. Based on Gruber's SAT Word Master list.
abolish, ameliorate, ambulatory, ambivalent, acquiesce, affirmation, atrophy, anchor, amity, amass, accent, abridge and 154 more...
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nfrank's Words
antediluvian, equivocate, inchoate, denouement, effulgent, edify, endemic, palimpsest, apropos, circumnavigate, circumlocution, cognoscente and 484 more...
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To Learn & Use
extrapolate, Abderian, obstreperous, iconoclasm, tapsalteerie, agelast, ignimbrite, Abecedarian, Abligurition, Accubation, Aeolist, agerasia and 123 more...
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