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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. more than enough in size or scope or capacity;
- Example: "had ample food for the party"
- Example: "an ample supply"

2. affording an abundant supply;
- Example: "had ample food for the party"
- Example: "copious provisions"
- Example: "food is plentiful"
- Example: "a plenteous grape harvest"
- Example: "a rich supply"
[syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich]

3. fairly large;
- Example: "a sizable fortune"
- Example: "an ample waistline"
- Example: "of ample proportions"
[syn: ample, sizable, sizeable]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ample \Am"ple\, a. [F. ample, L. amplus, prob. for ambiplus full on both sides, the last syllable akin to L. plenus full. See Full, and cf. Double.] Large; great in size, extent, capacity, or bulk; spacious; roomy; widely extended. [1913 Webster] All the people in that ample house Did to that image bow their humble knees. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice. [1913 Webster] 3. Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Syn: Full; spacious; extensive; wide; capacious; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; copious; bountiful; rich; liberal; munificent. Usage: Ample, Copious, Abundant, Plenteous. These words agree in representing a thing as large, but under different relations, according to the image which is used. Ample implies largeness, producing a sufficiency or fullness of supply for every want; as, ample stores or resources, ample provision. Copious carries with it the idea of flow, or of collection at a single point; as, a copious supply of materials. "Copious matter of my song." --Milton. Abundant and plenteous refer to largeness of quantity; as, abundant stores; plenteous harvests. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ample adj 1: more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply" [ant: meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy] 2: affording an abundant supply; "had ample food for the party"; "copious provisions"; "food is plentiful"; "a plenteous grape harvest"; "a rich supply" [syn: ample, copious, plenteous, plentiful, rich] 3: fairly large; "a sizable fortune"; "an ample waistline"; "of ample proportions" [syn: ample, sizable, sizeable]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

AMPLE A FORTH-like language for programming the 500/5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the BBC Microcomputer. AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies, Cambridge, England in the mid 1980s. Many AMPLE programs were published in Acorn User magazine. (1995-11-01)