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plethora

[ pleth-er-uh ]

noun

  1. overabundance; excess:

    His crisis brought him a plethora of advice and an almost complete lack of assistance.

  2. a large quantity or wide array; a lot:

    The co-op program offers a plethora of advantages for students.

    Visitors are drawn to the main beach, where a plethora of watersports can be enjoyed.

  3. Pathology Archaic. a morbid condition due to excess of red corpuscles in the blood or increase in the quantity of blood.


plethora

/ ˈplɛθərə; plɛˈθɒrɪk /

noun

  1. superfluity or excess; overabundance
  2. obsolete.
    pathol a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ±è±ô±ðˈ³Ù³ó´Ç°ù¾±³¦²¹±ô±ô²â, adverb
  • plethoric, adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plethora1

First recorded in 1535–45; from New Latin, from Greek ±è±ôŧ³Ù³óṓr²¹ “fullness,†from ±è±ôḗt³ó±ð¾±²Ô “to fill, be fullâ€; complete ( def ), full 1
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of plethora1

C16: via Medieval Latin from Greek ±è±ôŧ³Ù³óÅ°ùŧ fullness, from ±è±ôŧ³Ù³ó±ð¾±²Ô to grow full
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His dashing good looks won him legions of female fans, and guaranteed him work in a plethora of rather forgettable television movies.

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Ms Dillard is among the plethora of Americans bracing for expected economic turbulence under President Donald Trump's sweeping auto tariffs - an unprecedented US trade policy maneuver.

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In Finland too, Nato membership has created new opportunities, especially for the plethora of small and medium-sized companies that Ambassador Siukosaari refer to as "Nokia-spin-offs".

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The plethora of characters made for some confusion.

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Mitchell spearheaded the project in response to a plethora of RVs parked in her district.

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