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affluent
/ˈæf.lu.ənt/
adj 4noun 2
Collocations
5ADJ.
biggest, due, educated, live, most, most, new
VERB + AFFLUENT
granted, looting, shores, side
AFFLUENT + NOUN
algerian, algerians, algiers, area, beauty, communities, community, countries
PREP.
in, in
ADV.
certainly
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who is wealthy.
The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.
2
A stream or river flowing into a larger river or into a lake; a tributary stream; a tributary.
It [Central Asia] is separated from the river-system of the Aral and Caspian Seas, […] from the affluents of the Indus and Ganges, on the south, by the chain of the Küen-lün, the rival of the Himalayas, […]
Its sources are everywhere in pine-clad mountains and plateaus, but all of the affluents quickly descend into the desert valley below, through which the Gila winds its way westward to the Colorado.
adj
1
Abundant; copious; plenteous.
The shores are affluent in beauty, and incomparably lovely is the drive to the heights of Castel-a-Mare.
2
Abounding in goods or riches; having a moderate level of material wealth.
They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
3
Tributary.
4
Flowing to; flowing abundantly.
affluent blood
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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The affluents are most similar to the professional want-it-alls in their reasons for preferring specific hospitals and in their demographic characteristics.
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It [Central Asia] is separated from the river-system of the Aral and Caspian Seas, […] from the affluents of the Indus and Ganges, on the south, by the chain of the Küen-lün, the rival of the Himalaya
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Its sources are everywhere in pine-clad mountains and plateaus, but all of the affluents quickly descend into the desert valley below, through which the Gila winds its way westward to the Colorado.
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The shores are affluent in beauty, and incomparably lovely is the drive to the heights of Castel-a-Mare.
Wiktionary05
They were affluent, but aspired to true wealth.
Wiktionary06
The Upper East Side is an affluent neighborhood in New York City.
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