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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024am•ple /ˈæmpəl/USA pronunciation adj. - fully sufficient for the purpose;
plentiful:an ample reward. - large;
roomy:The apartment comes with ample storage space.
am•ply, adv. See -ampl-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024am•ple (am′pəl),USA pronunciation adj., -pler, -plest. - fully sufficient or more than adequate for the purpose or needs;
plentiful;
enough:an ample supply of water; ample time to finish. - of sufficient or abundant measure;
liberal;
copious:an ample reward. - of adequate or more than adequate extent, size, or amount;
large;
spacious;
roomy:ample storage space.
- Latin amplus wide, large
- Anglo-French
- late Middle English 1400–50
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See plentiful.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged generous, free, abounding, lavish, plenteous, overflowing. Ample, liberal, copious, profuse describe degrees of abundant provision. Ample implies a plentiful provision:to give ample praise.Liberal implies provision from a generous supply (more than ample but less than copious):Liberal amounts of food were distributed to the needy.Copious implies an apparently inexhaustible and lavish abundance:a copious flow of tears.Profuse implies a still more unrestrained abundance of provision or flow:profuse in his apologies.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extensive, vast, great, capacious.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged scanty, meager.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ample /ˈæmpəl/ adj - more than sufficient; abundant: an ample helping
- large in size, extent, or amount: of ample proportions
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French, from Latin amplus spaciousˈampleness n |