profusion
Syllables: pro·fu·sionUK/pɹə(ʊ)ˈfjuːʒən//pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/
profusion noun: abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.
Noun
profusion (countable and uncountable, plural profusions)
- abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia
- His hair, in great profusion, streamed down over his shoulders.
- We set the men at work felling trees, selecting for the purpose jarrah, a hard, weather-resisting timber which grew in profusion near by.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter VI, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...
- lavish or imprudent expenditure; prodigality or extravagance
profusion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
profusion in Hindi
- abundance
- प्राचुर्य prācurya, बहुलता bahultā, अधिकता adhiktā
profusion in Tamil
- ஆதிக்கம், நிறைவு, தாராளம்
profusion in Urdu
- فیض, وافرت
profusion in Bengali
- প্রাচুর্য, আধিক্য
More languagesFewer languages
- profusion in Malayalam
- പ്രതാപം pratāpaṁ
- profusion in Kannada
- ಹೆಚ್ಚಳ, ಪೆಚ್ಚಳ, ಕೊರ್ವು, ಕೊರ್ಬು
- profusion in Persian
- وفور vofur, اسرافکاری esrâf-kâri
Examples of profusion in a sentence
- Although houses and factories appeared in great profusion in the 1930s, there still remain odd groups of cottages dating from an earlier and more countrified period.1951 November, R. K. Kirkland, “The Wimbledon and West Croydon Line of the Southern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 721:
- Elected leaders face a profusion of mega-pressure points these days – inflation, heat waves, high debt, or the pandemic.2022 July 18, “Italian pride in a leader's humility”, in The Christian Science Monitor:
Forms of profusion
| plural | profusions |
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Origin of profusion
From Middle French profusion, from Late Latin profusio.
Words formed from profusion
Words that rhyme with profusion
Questions about profusion
- What does profusion mean?
- Profusion means abundance; the state of being profuse; a cornucopia.
- What is profusion in Hindi?
- Profusion in Hindi is प्राचुर्य (prācurya), बहुलता (bahultā), अधिकता (adhiktā). See Profusion meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use profusion in a sentence?
- Although houses and factories appeared in great profusion in the 1930s, there still remain odd groups of cottages dating from an earlier and more countrified period.
- What part of speech is profusion?
- Profusion is a noun.
- How do you pronounce profusion?
- Profusion is pronounced /pɹoʊˈfjuʒən/ (US).
- What is the plural of profusion?
- The plural of profusion is profusions.
Words near profusion in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: profusion (page history and authors); profusion (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profusion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); profusion (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); പ്രതാപം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); profusion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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