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1. (adj.) enough
adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire:
enough water; noise enough to wake the dead.
2. (pron.) enough
an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency:
Enough of us are here to begin.
3. (adv.) enough
in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently:
studied enough to pass the test.
4. enough
fully or quite:
ready enough.
5. enough
tolerably or passably:
He sings well enough.
6. (interj.) enough
(used to express impatience or exasperation.)
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME enogh, OE genōh; c. OHG ginuog; akin to OE geneah it suffices, Skt naśati (he) reaches)
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| Definition of 'Enough' |
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1. (adj) enough, sufficiency
an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
"enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
2. (adverb) adequate, decent, enough
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
3. (adverb) enough, plenty
as much as necessary
"Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"
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1. (adverb) enough
as much as is necessary or wanted
It's not cold enough for snow.; I haven't eaten enough today.; Stop. That's far enough.
2. enough
to some degree, but not a high degree
She seems nice enough.
3. enough
funnily/strangely/oddly enough
indicates you think sth is funny or surprising
Strangely enough, two of my ex-boyfriends were there.
4. (pronoun) enough
as much as is necessary or wanted
Four liters won't be enough.; There isn't enough of the cake to go around.
5. enough
nowhere near enough
emphasizes here is much less than necessary
Fifteen minutes is nowhere near enough time to get there.
6. enough
have had enough (of)
indicates sb wants sth to stop happening
Stop fighting, you two. I've had enough!
7. (determiner) enough
as much or as many as necessary
I didn't make enough rice.
8. enough
just enough
emphasizes there is enough, but not more
There were just enough books for everyone.
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| Definition of 'Enough' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) Enough
satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs
2. (adverb) Enough
in a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently
3. (adverb) Enough
fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to embrace the offer
4. (adverb) Enough
in a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was well enough
5. (noun) Enough
a sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself
6. Enough
an exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough
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Sense: in the number or quantity etc needed
Have you enough money to pay for the books?; food enough for everyone.
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 Afrikaans: genoeg |
 Arabic: كافٍ |
 Bulgarian: достатъчно |
 Brazilian: suficiente |
 Czech: dostatečný |
 German: genug |
 Danish: nok; tilstrækkelig |
 Greek: αρκετός |
 Spanish: bastante, suficiente |
 Estonian: küllalt |
 Farsi: کافی |
 Finnish: riittävästi |
 French: assez |
 Hebrew: מַספִּיק |
 Hindi: पर्याप्त |
 Croatian: dovoljno |
 Hungarian: elég, elegendő |
 Indonesian: cukup |
 Icelandic: nógur, nægilegur |
 Italian: abbastanza |
 Japanese: 十分な |
 Korean: 충분한 |
 Lithuanian: pakankamas |
 Latvian: pietiekošs; pietiekams |
 Malay: cukup |
 Dutch: genoeg |
 Norwegian: nok, tilstrekkelig |
 Polish: dostatecznie dużo |
 Persian: کافی |
 Pashto: بس،کافی |
 Portuguese: suficiente |
 Romanian: destul |
 Russian: достаточный |
 Slovak: dostatočný |
 Slovenian: zadosten |
 Serbian: dovoljno |
 Swedish: tillräckligt [med], nog [ |
 Thai: พอเพียง |
 Turkish: kâfi, yeterli |
 Taiwanese: 足夠的 |
 Ukrainian: достатній |
 Urdu: حسب ضرورت |
 Vietnamese: đủ |
 Chinese: 足够的 |
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