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plethora
[ pleth-er-uh ]
noun
- overabundance; excess:
His crisis brought him a plethora of advice and an almost complete lack of assistance.
- 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.
- 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
- superfluity or excess; overabundance
- obsolete.pathol a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face
Derived Forms
- ˈٳǰ, adverb
- plethoric, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of plethora1
Word History and Origins
Origin of plethora1
Example Sentences
And that says nothing of the plethora of Viking actors who wanted to stop and chat.
His dashing good looks won him legions of female fans, and guaranteed him work in a plethora of rather forgettable television movies.
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.
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".
The plethora of characters made for some confusion.
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