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affluent

adj.
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈæfɫuənt// UK //ˈæfluːənt// af·flu·ent Archaic

adj. having a lot of money and a comfortable lifestyle. You use this word to describe people or places that are wealthy.

adj. having a high degree of wealth and financial comfort; well-off. Typically used attributively before a noun or predicatively after a linking verb.


SIMPLE

They live in an affluent part of the city.

CONTEXTUAL

The school serves an affluent community where most parents work in finance or law.

COMPLEX

The study highlighted how affluent neighborhoods often have better access to healthcare and educational resources than poorer areas.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French affluent, borrowed in turn from Latin affluentem, accusative singular of affluēns, present active participle of affluō (“flow to or towards; overflow with”), from ad (“to, towards”) + fluō (“flow”) (cognate via latter to fluid, flow). Sense of “wealthy” (plentiful flow of goods) c. 1600, which also led to nominalization affluence.

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