adjective · formal
copious
UK/ˈkəʊpiəs/US/ˈkoʊpiəs/CO·pi·ous
Band 6-7speakingtask2
in large amounts; plentiful
Examples
“The student took copious notes during the lecture and didn't need to borrow slides.”
“The report provides copious evidence to support the claim.”
“She drank copious amounts of water after the run.”
Band 8 sentence
“The researcher took copious notes during every interview, which later allowed a thorough thematic analysis.”
Collocations
- copious notes
- copious amounts of evidence
Word family
copious adjectivecopiously adverbcopiousness noun
Common mistakes
She found a copious evidences.→She found copious evidence.
Say it for a higher band
5many→6plenty of→7+copious
Synonyms
abundant
Easily confused
ample
“The researchers collected ample data for the study.”
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