"overabundance" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: overabundances [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English overaboundaunce, equivalent to over- + abundance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overaboundaunce}} Middle English overaboundaunce, {{prefix|en|over|abundance}} over- + abundance Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} overabundance (countable and uncountable, plural overabundances)
  1. An excess of what is needed or is appropriate. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: excess, superabundance, surfeit Translations (excess of what is needed or is appropriate): overflod [common-gender] (Danish), surabondance [feminine] (French), Überfluss [masculine] (German), sovrabbondanza [feminine] (Italian), nadmiar [masculine] (Polish), superabundância [feminine] (Portuguese), sobreabundancia [feminine] (Spanish), superabundancia [feminine] (Spanish), överflöd [neuter] (Swedish)

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