ample

Etymology

From Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”), probably for ambiplus (“full on both sides”), the last syllable akin to Latin plenus (“full”).

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæm.pəl/

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• Rhymes: -æmpəl

Adjective

ample (comparative ampler, superlative amplest)

1. Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; for example spacious, roomy or widely extended.

   an ample house

2. Fully sufficient; abundant; plenty

   an ample amount

   an ample supply of water

   ample time

   ample material

   ample numbers

   ample space

   ample wealth

3. Not contracted or brief; not concise; extended; diffusive

   an ample story

References

• ample in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• ample in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• Maple, maple, pelma

Adjective

ample (feminine ampla, masculine and feminine plural amples)

1. wide
2. ample, plentiful

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃pl/

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Adjective

ample (plural amples)

1. plentiful, abundant, copious, profuse, ample

Further reading

• “ample” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Adjective

ample

1. vocative masculine singular of amplus

References

• ample in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ample in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers