galore
Americanadverb
determiner
Etymology
Origin of galore
1660–70; < Irish go leor enough, plenty ( Scots Gaelic gu leòr, leòir ), equivalent to go, particle forming predicative adjectives and adverbs + leór enough ( Old Irish lour )
Explanation
At a party with more cupcakes than anyone could imagine, you’ll hear guests say, “There are cupcakes galore!” Galore means there’s so much that it’s unbelievable. The Irish phrase go lear literally translates as “to sufficiency.” If there are sufficient enough bananas to build a house with them, you’d say that there are bananas galore. The word is an example of a postpositive adjective, which means it comes after the word it describes. So when you go to a circus and 700 clowns surround you, don’t say “There are galore clowns,” because the correct way to express your terror is this: “There are clowns galore. Help!”
Vocabulary lists containing galore
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Example Sentences
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In other travel news this week, there were obits galore for spunky Spirit Airlines after it went out of business early Saturday.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
After goals galore in Tuesday's spectacular Champions League tie between Paris St-Germain and Bayern Munich, the officials took centre stage in the second semi-final 24 hours later.
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
There are opinion pieces galore claiming Fennell “got it all wrong,” video essays asserting that the film is “the worst adaptation of all time” and that Fennell should “apologize to Emily Brontë.”
From Salon • Feb. 23, 2026
With his backflips, one-handed cartwheels and quadruple-jumps galore, US figure skater Ilia Malinin's rip-roaring routines have proved a star attraction at the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics.
From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026
Is there anyone in this class that comes from a rich family with money galore to spend on shoes?
From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt
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