| Definitions 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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| Definitions of 'enough' |
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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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