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It's a big plethora of music floating around in my head all the time, and I'll sit there and write a song.
Lee Brice

Meaning of "plethora" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLETHORA

Via Medieval Latin from Greek plēthōrē fullness, from plēthein to grow full.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PLETHORA

plethora  [ˈplɛθərə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLETHORA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plethora is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES PLETHORA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plethora

Plethora may refer to: ▪ Overabundance, e.g. hypervolemia when referring to blood ▪ Flushing, caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels. This usage of the term is rather obsolete...

Definition of plethora in the English dictionary

The definition of plethora in the dictionary is superfluity or excess; overabundance. Other definition of plethora is a condition caused by dilation of superficial blood vessels, characterized esp by a reddish face.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLETHORA


acidanthera
ˌæsɪˈdænθərə
agora
ˈæɡərə
Ankara
ˈæŋkərə
camera
ˈkæmərə
cithara
ˈsɪθərə
Deborah
ˈdɛbərə
diptera
ˈdɪptərə
dura
ˈdjʊərə
Edinburgh
ˈɛdɪnbərə
era
ˈɪərə
kithara
ˈkɪθərə
lira
ˈlɪərə
Madeira
məˈdɪərə
manufacturer
ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərə
natura
nəˈtʊərə
opera
ˈɒpərə
primavera
ˌpriːməˈveərə
Sarah
ˈsɛərə
sera
ˈsɪərə
sierra
sɪˈɛərə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLETHORA

pleromatic
plerome
plerophory
plesh
plesiosaur
plesiosaurian
plessimeter
plessimetric
plessimetry
plessor
plethoric
plethorical
plethorically
plethysmogram
plethysmograph
plethysmography
pleuch
pleugh
pleura
pleurae

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLETHORA

amphora
anaphora
ancora
angophora
aurora
bora
cataphora
epanaphora
fedora
flora
fora
hora
mora
ora
pandora
Pechora
senhora
Sonora
sora
Zamora

Synonyms and antonyms of plethora in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PLETHORA»

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

Translation of «plethora» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLETHORA

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

Translator English - Chinese

过剩
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

plétora
570 millions of speakers

English

plethora
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुतायत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فرة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

множество
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infinidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আধিক্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

multitude
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kebanyakannya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Fülle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

過多
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

과다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Plethora
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rất nhiều
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகுதியாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कसलीही झालेली बेसुमार वाढ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bolluk
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pletora
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mnóstwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безліч
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pletoră
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πληθώρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oorvloed
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

uppsjö
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

overflod
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plethora

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLETHORA»

The term «plethora» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.892 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLETHORA» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «PLETHORA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word plethora.
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Lee Brice
It's a big plethora of music floating around in my head all the time, and I'll sit there and write a song.
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Nathan Fillion
I'm a plethora of stolen jokes and kitschy references.
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Jahangir Khan
During my time, squash was not even part of Asian or Commonwealth Games. Considering the dominance of Jansher Khan and I in the '80s and '90s, it goes without saying that Pakistan would have bagged a plethora of medals through us at these games. And yes, the ultimate prize would have been an Olympic gold.
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Chris Kilham
Coffee, one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world, contains a plethora of naturally-occurring compounds, including several classes of antioxidants.
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Harry Knowles
I grew up with Forrest J. Ackerman's 'Famous Monsters of Filmland' along with a plethora of movie tomes and wanted to write about film with a sense of personality, passion, and humor.
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Russell Means
No one except Hollywood stars and very rich Texans wore Indian jewelry. And there was a plethora of dozens if not hundreds of athletic teams that in essence were insulting us, from grade schools to college. That's all changed.
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Adam Ostrow
Ultimately, I hypothesize that technology will one day be able to recreate a realistic representation of us as a result of the plethora of content we're creating converging with other advances in machine learning, robotics and large-scale data mining.
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Kellin Quinn
I know that starting out as a young band, it's really easy to get lost with bands that sound the same or with the plethora of music that's out there.
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Christian Serratos
When I stopped eating meat, I noticed that it was easier for me to focus, and I was really proud of myself for being green also... I had a plethora of reasons for going vegetarian.
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Sara Sheridan
Living in Edinburgh, I consider myself particularly lucky - we have the biggest book festival in the world, a plethora of fascinating libraries and museums, and some of the greatest architecture in Europe.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLETHORA»

Discover the use of plethora in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plethora and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Plethora of Polyhedra in Origami
Step-by-step instructions and 970 clear diagrams show beginning and experienced paperfolders how to create 27 amazing polyhedra from one sheet of paper.
John Montroll, 2002
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Plethora
Brenna Clay, a quirky bisexual author, escapes with her lover to the remote Ozark area of Hogscald.
Kelli Jae Baeli, 2009
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Plethora
Jonathan Chambers. PLETHORA. α /glare/ module pre GLARE The hissing valve of the underground. PLETHORA 9.
Jonathan Chambers, 2009
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A Plethora of Posts
“A Plethora of Posts” Copyright © 2012 by John P. Manuel First published 2012 by Lulu.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the  ...
John Manuel
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The Law of Escalating Marginal Sacrifice: Explaining a ...
This book presents a new law of human behavior founded by the author some twenty-five years ago but not proclaimed as a law until now.
Philip C. Grant, 2004
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The cyclopaedia of practical medicine: comprising treatises ...
In this list we may include dyspepsia with its numerous progeny of general and local diseases, plethora, gout, gravel, diseases of the mucous membranes generally, of the liver, brain, uterus, skin, &c. &c. For the dietetic management of these ...
Sir John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, John Conolly, 1833
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The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine: Comprising Treatises ...
Absolute plethora would thus correspond with the plethora ad molem, ad vasa, ad vcnas of systematic writers ; and relative plethora to the plethora ad vires. With respect to the plethora ad spatium, or that referred to reduced capacity of vessels  ...
John Forbes, 1834
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The Medical Examiner: A Monthly Record of Medical Science
functions become deranged, and a fever is produced, lam of opinion, that plethora increasing to a state of excess, may cause fever in the same way as it may produce derangement of a single function; the fever thus taking place in a plethoric ...
‎1840
9
A dictionary of practical medicine: comprising general ...
A. General plethora. — Galen, Baillou, Ffrnt-L, Riviere, and others, considered plethora to be of two kinds; to which subsequent writers added two more. As these distinctions are still, in several respects, founded in truth, Docwnristanduig the ...
James Copland, 1859
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High Performance Computing - HiPC 2004: 11th International ...
Plethora: An. Efficient. Wide-Area. Storage. System⋆. Ronaldo A. Ferreira, Ananth Grama, and Suresh Jagannathan Department of Computer Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907 {rf, ayg, ...
Luc Bougé, V. K. Prasanna Kumar, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLETHORA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plethora is used in the context of the following news items.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb Beat, Raise And A Plethora Of Good News …
Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours. (More...)I wrote this ... «Seeking Alpha, Jul 15»
2
Increase vocabulary with a word each day
Plethora, of course, means an abundant amount or number of something, often a number greater than necessary. Dearth means just the ... «Toledo Blade, Jul 15»
3
DOWNLOAD: Fortitude Plethora Release Insightful Business Guide …
Fortitude Plethora a Manchester based sales and event marketing firm have helped shape a number of strong, influential leaders in their time ... «Satellite PR News, Jul 15»
4
Plethora of roadwork puts strain on filling traffic details
Motorists this summer are frequently faced with detours and delays as contractors work on a plethora of projects, from repaving on Rte. «MetroWest Daily News, Jul 15»
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Review: One Direction brings simple setup, plethora of screaming
One Direction. Investors Group Field, July 24, 2015. Four stars out of five. One Direction isn't exactly in my wheelhouse, but I'm also not a music ... «MetroNews Canada, Jul 15»
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Plethora of New Cadillac Models on the Cards
In fact, as the American marque attempts to take on Germany's best luxury automakers, Cadillac is planning a plethora of entirely new models ... «GTspirit, Jul 15»
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'Screencasters' have a plethora of tools
Want to make screencasts? These are short videos, typically used by business or education, that record activity on a computer screen as it ... «TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press, Jul 15»
8
Grant will help library add plethora of new reading materials
Good news for bookworms! The Copperas Cove Public Library was selected to receive a Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, Jul 15»
9
Gemini Studies a Plethora of Brown Dwarfs Candidates
An international team of astronomers from Canada and the United States recently discovered 42 new brown dwarfs using data from the ... «Space Fellowship, Jul 15»
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A plethora of flowers blossom in summer
A bouquet of flowers centered on the kitchen table from spring through fall is as clear an indication of which month we are in as is any other ... «Lewiston Sun Journal, Jul 15»

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