MEANING
To exist in large numbers or amounts.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- rumors abound
- abound in detail
- abound with life
On the page
Rumors abounded before the first official account arrived.
The neglected garden abounded with life the tidy lawn never supported.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- abound
- Past tense
- abounded
- Past participle
- abounded
- Present participle
- abounding
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- abound
- Present continuous
- am/is/are abounding
- Present perfect
- have/has abounded
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been abounding
- Past
- abounded
- Past continuous
- was/were abounding
- Past perfect
- had abounded
- Past perfect continuous
- had been abounding
- Future
- will abound
- Future continuous
- will be abounding
- Future perfect
- will have abounded
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been abounding
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: abound; abounds; abounded; abounded; abounding Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: abounds.
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