copious
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈkoʊpiəs/
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abundante
- The garden was filled with copious blooms that created a vibrant display of colors.
- copious amounts
- copious notes
- copious quantities
It's yielding copious amounts of money if this is correct.
- It's yielding copious amounts of money if this is correct.
- I love video games, I love tech, I love traveling, I love copious amounts of ice cream.
- But for some reason we've been spun this yarn that we need copious amounts of protein to just live.
- And this goes back to keeping very copious notes about things that have to be changed in the past.
- And for everybody listening, we will add copious and detailed links in the show notes as per usual at Tim dot blog slash podcast.
- If somebody's having copious amounts of fructose for seven days with no fiber, I don't feel like that's setting them up for success.
- So you did copious amounts of like what?
- The worst is what ton of chop, Dude, there was copious amounts of chop.
- So I mean, there's always been this tension between the copious data that's easy to collect.
Examples
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Academic text (1999) -
The researcher provided copious evidence to support her theory on climate change.
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And this goes back to keeping very copious notes about things that have to be changed in the past.
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And I began, at that time, taking copious amounts of notes.
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In the following decades, he produced copious portraits of his wife, children, and other family members.
Academic text (2004) -
Before the project could begin, researchers needed starting material: copious amounts of the beetle's DNA.
Academic text (2005) -
More information about the ancient Jewish community here comes from the copious inscriptions that cover the catacomb's walls.
Academic text (2008) -
The bulk of the material is taken from the copious files of contemporary military-industrial stock photographers.
Academic text (2002) -
Their findings suggest that copious notetakers tend to achieve higher exam scores than their less prolific peers.
Academic text (2004) -
After a long lecture, students often take copious notes to help them remember the material.
Synonyms
303
1.0
Full of something useful, like minerals
104
3.7
More than enough for what is needed
77
3.0
Present in large amounts or more than needed
48
2.5
There is more than enough of something
19
4.9
Having a lot of something, especially food or things grown in a garden
13
7.0
Very large in size or amount, taking a lot of space
4
6.5
Produced or given in large amounts
1
8.4
Much more of something than is needed
1
5.8
More than is needed or wanted
Having a lot of something, like food or rain
Antonyms
How Abundant
Surface Forms
Morphology
copious = copi + ous
The adjective-forming suffix '-ous' is productive, but the root 'copi' is not a standalone English word learners would know, so the meaning 'abundant' cannot be reliably derived from familiar English components.
Etymology
Copious comes from the Latin word copia, meaning 'plenty' or 'abundance', and you can see the same idea in cornucopia, the 'horn of plenty' that pours out food. So, think of something spilling out in large amounts to remember that copious means 'large in amount' or 'abundant'.