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plentiful

/ˈplentɪfl/adjective

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प्रचुर, भरपूर

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adjective
  1. 1

    available or existing in large amounts or numbers

    प्रचुर, भरपूर

    • Mangoes are plentiful in summer.
    • a plentiful supply of water
    • Fruit is plentiful in the market this season.
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    • Water is plentiful in the hills during the monsoon.
    • There was a plentiful supply of food at the wedding.

    Synonyms abundant ample copious

    Opposite scarce scanty meagre

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

plentiful + noun (attributive)

Plentiful before a noun means available in large amounts: a plentiful supply, plentiful rain.

Noun से पहले 'plentiful' का अर्थ बड़ी मात्रा में उपलब्ध है: जैसे a plentiful supply, plentiful rain।

  • The monsoon brought plentiful rain this year.
  • There is a plentiful supply of vegetables in the market.

be plentiful (predicative)

After be, plentiful describes something that exists in large amounts; it takes no of after it.

'Be' के बाद 'plentiful' बड़ी मात्रा में मौजूद चीज़ को बताता है; इसके बाद 'of' नहीं आता।

  • Mangoes are plentiful in summer.
  • Fish are plentiful in the Hooghly.

plentiful vs plenty of

Plenty of is followed by a noun; plentiful describes the noun and is not followed by of.

'Plenty of' के बाद noun आता है; 'plentiful' उस noun का वर्णन करता है और उसके बाद 'of' नहीं आता।

  • There is plenty of food, and it is plentiful.

plentiful in / with sth

A place can be plentiful in a resource, with the resource named after in.

कोई स्थान किसी संसाधन में 'plentiful' हो सकता है, जिसका नाम 'in' के बाद आता है।

  • The region is plentiful in coal.
+Collocations 4

plentiful + noun

supplyharvestwaterfoodevidenceopportunity

  • A plentiful harvest brought joy to the farmers.

adverb + plentiful

veryfairlyextremelystillno longer

  • Fresh fruit is very plentiful in October.

verb + plentiful

remainstaybeseemprove

  • Water remained plentiful throughout the year.

plentiful + preposition

inat this timeduring the season

  • Jobs were plentiful during the festival season.
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  • Food was plentiful at the wedding.

शादी में भोजन भरपूर था।

  • Fruit is plentiful and cheap in the hills during summer.

गर्मियों में पहाड़ों में फल प्रचुर और सस्ते होते हैं।

  • The river brings a plentiful supply of water to the plains.

नदी मैदानों तक पानी की प्रचुर आपूर्ति पहुँचाती है।

  • Jobs are no longer plentiful in this town.

इस शहर में अब नौकरियाँ पर्याप्त नहीं हैं।

  • Radhika had plentiful notes to revise before the exam.

राधिका के पास परीक्षा से पहले दोहराने के लिए बहुत नोट्स थे।

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✗ There is plentiful of water in the tank.

✓ There is plenty of water in the tank.

Plentiful is not followed by of; use plenty of.

'Plentiful' के बाद 'of' नहीं आता; 'plenty of' का प्रयोग करें।

✗ Fruits are plentifully in the market.

✓ Fruit is plentiful in the market.

After are, an adjective is needed, not an adverb.

'Are' के बाद adjective चाहिए, adverb नहीं।

✗ The rain was plenty last year.

✓ The rain was plentiful last year.

After was, an adjective is needed; plenty is a noun or pronoun.

'Was' के बाद adjective चाहिए; 'plenty' noun या pronoun है।

≠Thesaurus: which synonym when

Plentiful, abundant and ample all mean large in amount, but ample suggests more than enough.

Plentiful, abundant और ample सभी का अर्थ बड़ी मात्रा है, पर 'ample' आवश्यकता से अधिक का संकेत देता है।

plentiful

Available in good amounts.

अच्छी मात्रा में उपलब्ध।

  • Plentiful water.

abundant

More than plentiful, existing in very large amounts.

'Plentiful' से भी अधिक, बहुत बड़ी मात्रा में मौजूद।

  • Abundant resources.

ample

More than enough for a need.

आवश्यकता से अधिक।

  • Ample time.
◇Word family
plenty noun, pronounplentifully adv.
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