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galore

American  
[guh-lawr, -lohr] / gəˈlɔr, -ˈloʊr /

adverb

  1. in abundance; in plentiful amounts.

    food and drink galore.


galore British  
/ ɡəˈlɔː /

determiner

  1. (immediately postpositive) in great numbers or quantity

    there were daffodils galore in the park

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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 )

Example Sentences

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Great for windsurfing, as well as human or canine jogs, Guincho is so wild and natural it is hard to believe it is so close to an urban center and seafood restaurants galore.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Read a bit lower, and there are promises of perks galore: competitive compensation, free meals, free gym membership, free health and dental care and so on.

From BBC

Singers galore are monthly recording songs from the rich 19th century classical repertory, while composers are busy making new ones.

From Los Angeles Times

Over the holiday season, there were online pile-ons galore, with straight women repeatedly taking gay critics of the show to task over their negative or merely interrogative opinions of the series.

From Salon