Meaning & use
Abounding
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Existing or occurring in large numbers or amounts; plentiful.
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The garden was abounding with butterflies in early summer.
Opportunities were abounding for graduates in the growing tech sector.
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Abounding comes from the verb abound, ultimately from the Latin abundare, meaning 'to overflow.'
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