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The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.
Norman Borlaug

Meaning of "affluent" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFFLUENT

From Latin affluent-, present participle of affluere to flow towards, from fluere to flow.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFLUENT

affluent  [ˈæflʊənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFLUENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affluent can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES AFFLUENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

affluent

Wealth

Wealth is the abundance of valuable resources or material possessions. This excludes the core meaning as held in the originating old English word weal, which is from an Indo-European word stem. In this larger understanding of wealth, an individual, community, region or country that possesses an abundance of such possessions or resources to the benefit of the common good is known as wealthy. The modern concept of wealth is of significance in all areas of economics, and clearly so for growth economics and development economics yet the meaning of wealth is context-dependent. At the most general level, economists may define wealth as "anything of value" that captures both the subjective nature of the idea and the idea that it is not a fixed or static concept. Various definitions and concepts of wealth have been asserted by various individuals and in different contexts. Defining wealth can be a normative process with various ethical implications, since often wealth maximization is seen as a goal or is thought to be a normative principle of its own.

Definition of affluent in the English dictionary

The first definition of affluent in the dictionary is rich; wealthy. Other definition of affluent is abundant; copious. Affluent is also flowing freely.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFLUENT


abluent
ˈæblʊənt
confluent
ˈkɒnflʊənt
congruent
ˈkɒŋɡrʊənt
constituent
kənˈstɪtjʊənt
continuant
kənˈtɪnjʊənt
diffluent
ˈdɪflʊənt
diluent
ˈdɪljʊənt
effluent
ˈɛflʊənt
fluctuant
ˈflʌktjʊənt
incongruent
ɪnˈkɒŋɡrʊənt
influent
ˈɪnflʊənt
interfluent
ɪnˈtɜːflʊənt
mellifluent
mɪˈlɪflʊənt
nonaffluent
ˌnɒnˈæflʊənt
obstruent
ˈɒbstrʊənt
profluent
ˈprɒflʊənt
refluent
ˈrɛflʊənt
subaffluent
sʌbˈæflʊənt
substituent
sʌbˈstɪtjʊənt
unaffluent
ʌnˈæflʊənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFLUENT

afflated
afflation
afflatus
afflict
afflicted
afflicter
afflicting
affliction
afflictive
afflictively
affluence
affluency
affluent society
affluential
affluently
affluentness
affluenza
afflux
affluxion
affogato

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFLUENT

circumfluent
consequent
defluent
delinquent
disfluent
eloquent
eluent
fluent
frequent
grandiloquent
inconsequent
infrequent
juvenile delinquent
magniloquent
mass affluent
sequent
subsequent
suent
unfrequent
unguent

Synonyms and antonyms of affluent in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «AFFLUENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «affluent» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of affluent

Translation of «affluent» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFLUENT

Find out the translation of affluent to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of affluent from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «affluent» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

富裕的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

acomodado
570 millions of speakers

English

affluent
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उन है कि धनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الأثرياء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

богатых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ধনী
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

riche
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mewah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wohlhabend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

裕福な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

부유한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Makmur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giàu có
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வசதியான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समृद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

varlıklı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

benestante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zamożnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

багатих
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

afluent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εύποροι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gegoede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

överflöds
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

velstående
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affluent

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFLUENT»

The term «affluent» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.795 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFLUENT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «affluent» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «affluent» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about affluent

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10 QUOTES WITH «AFFLUENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word affluent.
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Norman Borlaug
The green revolution has an entirely different meaning to most people in the affluent nations of the privileged world than to those in the developing nations of the forgotten world.
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Alex Campbell
But most Canadians have recognized to a greater or lesser extent that despite much of the so-called progress of the affluent society, essential ingredients to a meaningful life seem to be either entirely lacking, or at best, difficult to grasp.
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Julius Erving
But you know, if you live an affluent lifestyle, there are all types of trappings that are there that you have to be cognizant of, and you've got to try and communicate freely and gain understanding about and then keep moving on, because you know, sometimes lifestyles are chosen for us as opposed to us choosing them.
4
Nina Fedoroff
As people around the world become more affluent, they are demanding diets richer in animal protein, which will require ever more robust feed crop yields to sustain.
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Alice Greczyn
I'm from a big family; I have four younger siblings. My parents are still happily married together. I grew up moving around a lot, and my family was certainly not affluent.
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Luke Harding
When I first began visiting West Germany in the early 1980s, I was startled by the contrast between Birmingham, where I went to school, and affluent Cologne. My host family, the lovely Schumachers, always had an opulent array of grapes on the table; they were better dressed than anyone I knew in Britain.
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Bill James
Professionalism in medicine has given us medial miracles for the affluent but hospitals that will charge $35 for aspirin.
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Jamie Johnson
In affluent communities, where each member is keenly aware of his or her place within the Byzantine order, attracting the right friends is a blood sport. Chumming up to influential figures who are in a position to help can determine the course of an entire life.
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Jamie Johnson
There's an unspoken rule in affluent circles that suggests you can always define an individual's status by measuring his or her proximity to the most influential person in the room. And as the maxim goes, closer is always better.
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James McCartney
Mum was very cool. Even though she came from a pretty affluent family, she was cool. She was really good, a very normal person.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFLUENT»

Discover the use of affluent in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affluent and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Affluent Society
A leading economist discusses his theories on social disequilibrium and suggests ways of restoring the economic balance
John Kenneth Galbraith, 1998
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The Affluent Consumer: Marketing and Selling the Luxury ...
Explains the dyanmics of today's affluent consumer and shows marketers how to effectively develop, promote, and sell their products and services to this rapidly growing market.
Ronald D. Michman, Edward M. Mazze, 2006
3
The Affluent Worker: Political Attitudes and Behaviour
In this 1968 volume the authors report on the voting and the political attitudes of a sample of highly-paid manual workers.
John H. Goldthorpe, David Lockwood, Frank Bechhofer, 1968
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The Affluent Worker in the Class Structure
This final book in The Affluent Worker series contains the findings and conclusions on the extent of working class embourgeoisment.
David Lockwood, Frank Bechhofer, Jennifer Platt, 1969
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The Family Office Book: Investing Capital for the Ultra-Affluent
A must-read." —Charles B. Grace Jr., Director, Threshold Group; founder, Ashbridge Investment Management; and grandson of the former president of Bethlehem Steel Company "Anyone who wants to be in the family office space needs to read ...
Richard C. Wilson, 2012
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The Affluent Entrepreneur: 20 Proven Principles for ...
This book is a game changer. Read these 20 principles and learn what it takes to achieve the affluent lifestyle you desire and deserve!"—Matt Morris, author of The Unemployed Millionaire "Patrick Snow is an entrepreneur par excellence.
Patrick Snow, 2011
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Selling to the Affluent
"I told you how to find them. Now learn how to sell them." ­­Dr. Thomas J. Stanley "Dr. Stanley's strategies consider the real needs of the high income professionals­­needs that go beyond any product or service.
Thomas J. Stanley, 1997
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Affluent in the Face of Poverty: On What Rich Individuals ...
The book argues that if we can do great good at little cost to ourselves, we ought to do so - and perhaps we ought to do great good even if the cost to ourselves of doing so, is not small.
Jos Philips, 2007
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The Affluent Artist: How Creative Could You Be If Money ...
This book offers business and financial planning wisdom to creative individuals who find themselves in the roles of the Starving Artist, the Corporate Artist, the Self Employed Artist and the Affluent Artist.
Rick Dibiasio, 2008
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No B.S. Marketing to the Affluent: The No Holds Barred, Kick ...
Kennedy explains how businesses small and large can adapt in the coming years by tapping into the affluent consumer segment--consumers with an unprecedented willingness to buy.
Dan S. Kennedy, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFLUENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affluent is used in the context of the following news items.
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Affluent Albertans to spend nearly $13000 on vacations this year
Affluent Albertans plan to spend $12,796 on vacations this year, according to a survey by BMO Private Banking which was released on ... «Calgary Herald, Jul 15»
2
Spectrem Affluent Household Outlook Drops in June Over the …
Concerns over the economy have driven a sharp drop in the monthly Spectrem Affluent Household Outlook, while fell 8.40 points in June to ... «Millionaire Corner, Jul 15»
3
8 out of 10 affluent Indians are married, says study
The Visa Affluent Study 2015, conducted across consumers in Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and ... «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
Affluent Investors On Public Transportation
A survey of affluent investors by Millionaire Corner asked how investors access media such as financial websites and blogs while taking public ... «Millionaire Corner, Jul 15»
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Affluent Investors Consider Most Serious Threats to Achieving …
A triple threat of market conditions, the economy and the political climate are considered by Affluent investors to be the most serious threats to ... «Millionaire Corner, Jul 15»
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Lifestyle Mobile Payments App Banks On Affluent Millennials
The company's focus of modernizing the hospitality industry for the affluent millennial demographic may continue to pay off. Velocity partners ... «PYMNTS.com, Jun 15»
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Affordable housing everywhere, including affluent neighborhoods?
This column advocates dispersing “affordable” housing in affluent neighborhoods. This “inclusion” is pure socialism at its liberal, progressive ... «The Denver Post, Jun 15»
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Hot Bank Stocks: LegacyTexas Financial Thrives In Affluent Area
1 in affluent Collin County in deposit market share. Collin County ranks No. 44 in the U.S. in median household income, just behind the city of ... «Investor's Business Daily, Jun 15»
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UOB targets affluent customers with new credit card
Yuttachai Teyarachakul, managing director of personal financial services, said affluent people currently held few of its 700,000 credit cards in ... «The Nation, Jun 15»
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Carpetright overhauls logo as it aims to appeal to more affluent
Carpetright overhauls logo as it aims to appeal to more affluent customers. 30 June, 2015 | By Matthew Chapman. Carpetright has revealed it is testing a new ... «Retail Week, Jun 15»

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