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# richness

«richness» in Mova's school dictionary: **Being full of something good: rich colour, sound, taste…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (richness, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Being full of something good: rich colour, sound, taste or detail. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#m1)

2) Being very full of goodness for growing, as in the richness of the soil. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#m2)

3) (rare) Being wealthy; usually we say «wealth». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and geography, the richness of soil helps crops grow, and «species richness» means how many kinds of living things live in a place. In art and music, richness of colour or sound. In cooking, the richness of a cake means it is full of butter and sugar.

### examples

- The richness of the chocolate cake made me feel full. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x1)
- The richness of the soil helps the farmer's crops. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x2)
- The rainforest has a great richness of wildlife. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x3)
- We admired the richness of the colours in the painting. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x4)
- The richness of his voice filled the hall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x5)
- Shakespeare added to the richness of English. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x6)
- There is no great richness of invention manifested in the stories which deal with the outwitting of evil spirits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/#x7)

### note

From «rich» + «-ness». Uncountable. For money, say «wealth».

### In the corpora

- [They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be full of sap and richness;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1668/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «richness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/richness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.