Meaning & use
abundant harvest
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Meanings
phrasecountable
a very large amount of crops gathered from the fields in one season
Grammar: Needs an article or plural: 'an abundant harvest', 'abundant harvests'.
Patterns
- an abundant harvest of something
- bring in an abundant harvest
- enjoy abundant harvests
After a wet spring, the farmers brought in an abundant harvest of rice.
The valley is famous for its abundant harvests of apples and pears.
Good seeds and steady rain gave the village an abundant harvest that year.
phrasecountablefigurative
a large and satisfying amount of good results produced by an activity
Grammar: Used figuratively, often with 'of': an abundant harvest of praise.
Patterns
- an abundant harvest of something
- reap an abundant harvest
Years of patient research produced an abundant harvest of new discoveries.
The young writer reaped an abundant harvest of praise for her first novel.
Common combinations
- bring in an abundant harvest
- The workers brought in an abundant harvest before the first frost.
- an abundant harvest of grain
- An abundant harvest of grain kept prices low all winter.
- reap an abundant harvest
- If you study steadily, you will reap an abundant harvest at exam time.
- an abundant harvest season
- Everyone in the village helps during the abundant harvest season.
Synonyms and how they differ
- bumper crop
- More informal and always about farm produce; it stresses a record size, while 'abundant harvest' simply stresses plenty.
- rich yield
- Sounds technical and is common in reports about farming or mining; 'abundant harvest' is warmer and more everyday.
- plentiful crop
- Very close in meaning, but it describes the plants still growing, whereas a harvest is what has been gathered.
Opposites
Word family
- abundance noun
- a large quantity of something
- abundantly adverb
- in large amounts; very clearly
- harvest noun
- the act or time of gathering crops
- harvest verb
- to gather crops from a field
Commonly confused: abundant harvest or abundant harvests? abundant harvest or abundance?
abundant harvest vs abundant harvests
The plural form is normal when you talk about several seasons or places; use the singular with 'a' or 'an' for one season.
abundant harvest vs abundance
'Abundance' is a noun meaning 'a lot of something' and cannot replace the whole phrase: say 'an abundant harvest', not 'an abundance harvest'.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Harvest' is a singular countable noun here, so it needs 'an' before the vowel sound of 'abundant': an abundant harvest. Option 1 wrongly uses 'a', option 2 leaves out the article, and option 3 uses a plural form with 'the' for a single season.
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