abound: (verb) to exist in very large numbers
(Example)
(1) Rumors abound as to the reasons for his resignation.
(2) Examples of this abound her book.
(3) The worlds of scinece-fiction abound with wonders.
(NOTE) abound with/ in something (phrasal verb): if a place, situation etc abound with things of a particular type, it contains a very large number of them
(Example) The forests abound with deer, birds, and squirrels.
technology: (noun) new machines, equipment, and ways of doing things that are based on modern knowledge about science and computers
(Collocations)
(1) new/ modern technology
(2) the latest technology
(3) advanced technology
(4) computer technology
(5) digital technology
(6) medical technology
(7) military technology
(Phrase)
advances/ developments in technology
(Example)
- Yet modern technology progresses so rapidly that what may be today's wild dream may be next year's kitchen appliance.
prognosticate: (verb) forecast
(Example) A British scientist has prognosticated that within ten years every suburban (related to a suburb, or in a suburb) matron will have her own robot servant.
matron: (noun) an older married woman - servant or a woman who is in charge of other nurses in a hospital or in charge of children in a school
automaton: (noun) robot
(Example) One task this domesticated automaton will not have to contend with (cope with - to have to deal with something difficult or unpleasant) will be scouring (to clean something very thoroughly by rubbing it with a rough material) the oven because even today the newest ranges can be programmed to reduce their own baked-on grime (a lot of dirt - filth) to easily disposed of ashes.
