profusion
noun
pro·fu·sion
prə-ˈfyü-zhən 
prō-
1
: lavish expenditure : extravagance
2
: the quality or state of being profuse
3
: great quantity : lavish display or supply
snow falling in profusion
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A profusion is literally a "pouring forth", so a profusion of gifts is a wealth or abundance of gifts. A profusely illustrated book is filled to overflowing with pictures. A bad social error should be followed by profuse apologies, and profound gratitude should be expressed with profuse thanks.
Synonyms
- abundance
- barrel
- basketful
- boatload
- bucket
- bunch
- bundle
- bushel
- carload
- chunk
- deal
- dozen
- fistful
- gobs
- good deal
- heap
- hundred
- lashings [chiefly British]
- lashins
- loads
- lot
- mass
- mess
- mountain
- much
- multiplicity
- myriad
- oodles
- pack
- passel
- peck
- pile
- plateful
- plenitude
- plentitude
- plenty
- pot
- potful
- quantity
- raft
- reams
- scads
- sheaf
- shipload
- sight
- slew
- spate
- stack
- store
- ton
- truckload
- volume
- wad
- wealth
- yard
Examples of profusion in a Sentence
The flowers grow in profusion.
apples grow in profusion in this valley
Recent Examples on the Web
Both are experiments in light—the former considering how a profusion of illuminated rooms and cars had reshaped the Manhattan sky, the latter mulling how a gigantic boulder can turn a sunny landscape dark.
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
By Judy Berman September 5, 2024 12:40 PM EDT
What more could possibly be left to say about TV’s post-Big Little Lies profusion of glossy domestic thrillers?
—Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
The results covered Earth’s temperature over the past 485 million years, the majority of the Phanerozoic, covering a span of time that saw the early profusion of animal life in the seas, the emergence of plants onto land and several mass extinctions.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
Eventually, Sathyanarayana thinks, companies will catch on, and cheaper plastic-free options will come to market—but that’s a slow process, and few materials stand any chance against the basement-floor pricing of plastic polymers, driven by the profusion of cheap oil and gas used to make it.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
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Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 12 Sep. 2024
By Judy Berman September 5, 2024 12:40 PM EDT
What more could possibly be left to say about TV’s post-Big Little Lies profusion of glossy domestic thrillers?
—Judy Berman, TIME, 5 Sep. 2024
The results covered Earth’s temperature over the past 485 million years, the majority of the Phanerozoic, covering a span of time that saw the early profusion of animal life in the seas, the emergence of plants onto land and several mass extinctions.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Sep. 2024
Eventually, Sathyanarayana thinks, companies will catch on, and cheaper plastic-free options will come to market—but that’s a slow process, and few materials stand any chance against the basement-floor pricing of plastic polymers, driven by the profusion of cheap oil and gas used to make it.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 19 Sep. 2024
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“Profusion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/profusion. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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profusion
noun
pro·fu·sion
prə-ˈfyü-zhən
: a plentiful supply : great quantity
lilacs blooming in profusion
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