abound
verb /əˈbaʊnd/
/əˈbaʊnd/
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms
Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they abound | /əˈbaʊnd/ /əˈbaʊnd/ |
| he / she / it abounds | /əˈbaʊndz/ /əˈbaʊndz/ |
| past simple abounded | /əˈbaʊndɪd/ /əˈbaʊndɪd/ |
| past participle abounded | /əˈbaʊndɪd/ /əˈbaʊndɪd/ |
| -ing form abounding | /əˈbaʊndɪŋ/ /əˈbaʊndɪŋ/ |
- to exist in great numbers or quantities
- Stories about his travels abound.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryAbound is used with these nouns as the subject:- rumour
- story
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘overflow, be abundant’): from Old French abunder, from Latin abundare ‘overflow’, from ab- ‘from’ + undare ‘surge’ (from unda ‘a wave’).