How do you use the word "ample" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "ample": There was ample time to finish the project. The house has ample space for a large family.

Ample Meaning

/ˈæm.pəl/

Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

adjEnough or more than enough; plentiful.

detA fully sufficient or abundant quantity of; enough or more than enough.

Sentence Examples

There was ample time to finish the project.

The house has ample space for a large family.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

rich wide full

Antonyms:

scarce meager

CEFR Practice Quiz

Make sure you bring an ____ supply of water for the long hike through the desert.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

We have ____ time to finish the task, so there is no need to hurry.

Word Origin & History

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₃emh₃-lo-s Proto-Italic *amlos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts? Proto-Indo-European *h₂m̥bʰíder. Proto-Italic *amβi Latin ambi- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Italic *plēnosder. Latin plēnus? Latin ambiplus? Latin amplus Old French ample Middle French amplebor. Middle English ample English ample From late Middle English ample, from Middle French ample, from Latin amplus (“large”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"…a broad and ample road, whose dust is gold…" — 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost (Book II)^(https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_(1667)/Book_II):

"…a line of wooden troughs supplies ample water for irrigation." — 1862, Richard F. Burton, The City of the Saints:

"…possesses an ample supply of water-power for industrial purposes." — 1911, Various (ed. Hugh Chisholm), 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Article on Sweden:

"[H]e was satisfied that Alice yet lived; he hoped she might yet escape and return. […] He enriched Mrs. Jones for life, in gratitude for her vindication of his lost and early love: he promised the amplest rewards for the smallest clue." — 1837, [Edward Bulwer-Lytton], chapter XI, in Ernest Maltravers […] , volume I, London: Saunders and Otley, […], →OCLC, book I, page 111:

"It was pointed out to me that the security was ample, and as I had no practical knowledge of house-valuing there was nothing to be gained by inspecting it." — 1923, Ernest Bramah, The Eyes of Max Carrados:

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