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adjective
- 1. abundant in supply or quantity: "she took copious notes"
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The meaning of COPIOUS is yielding something abundantly. How to use copious in a sentence. What's the difference between copious, ample, and plentiful? Synonym Discussion of Copious.
adjective [ not gradable ] us / ˈkoʊ·pi·əs / Add to word list. in large amounts; more than enough: She took copious notes, filling page after page. (Definition of copious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of copious. copious.
Synonyms for COPIOUS: lavish, abundant, ample, plentiful, excessive, profuse, bountiful, riotous; Antonyms of COPIOUS: meager, sparse, poor, scant, scanty, spare, insufficient, inadequate
copious. (koʊpiəs ) adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A copious amount of something is a large amount of it. He had worked until the early hours of the morning, helped by copious amounts of coffee. He attended his lectures and took copious notes. Synonyms: abundant, liberal, generous, lavish More Synonyms of copious.
in large amounts; more than enough: She took copious notes, filling page after page. (Definition of copious from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of copious. copious. That's a total of 990 billion gallons of water, or enough to provide copious domestic water supplies to almost 10 billion people.
Copious definition: large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful. See examples of COPIOUS used in a sentence.
Copious Definition. kōpē-əs. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Filter. adjective. Yielding or containing plenty; affording ample supply. A copious harvest. American Heritage. Very plentiful; abundant. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Wordy; profuse or diffuse in language. Webster's New World.
If you have a copious amount of something, you have a lot of it. If you take copious notes, you'll do well when it comes time for review sessions — unless you can't read your own handwriting. Copious comes from the Latin copia, meaning "abundance."
Definition of copious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful. copious amounts of food. 2. having or yielding an abundant supply. a copious larder. a copious harvest. 3. exhibiting abundance or fullness, as of thoughts or words.
