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ream

ream

8 6.1
A large amount of writing, usually many pages
  • noun
  • /riːm/
translation icon : gran cantidad
  • I still have reams of research to write up.
  • reams of data
  • reams of information

You guys should have reams of information.

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Examples

  • The reams of paperwork that now fall to a local authority are unacceptable.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Now reams and reams have been written about this issue.

  • You guys should have reams of information.

  • I completed four applications for each of the three of us, using reams of paper.

    Blog text (6)
  • And reams of bad high school poetry are written under those conditions.

  • They put out reams of documentation stating that something will not work.

  • Colleges are amassing reams of student data, ripe for mining and analysis.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Our increasingly interconnected, networked world is generating huge reams of information too dense and extensive for any human to handle.

    Blog text (2)
  • While storing reams of electronic "paper" is certainly easier on computer servers than within file cabinets, reams of information might get firms into legal trouble, too.

    Academic text (2009)
  • The teacher had created reams of worksheets for the students to complete.

Antonyms

1.3

Not having something you need or want

29 4.4

A situation where there is not enough of something people need

How Much

ream
8 6.1
manuscript
129 6.5
article
  • Literature
1.0
page
1.0
note
1.0

Surface Forms

ream singular
reams plural

Etymology

Ream also came to mean a very large amount of writing because a paper ream is a big bundle of sheets, so saying 'reams' of paperwork means piles or a lot of documents.