Definitions for enoughɪˈnʌf

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

e•noughɪˈnʌf(adj.)

adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire:
enough water; noise enough to wake the dead.
(pron.)an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency:
Enough of us are here to begin.
Category: Function Word
(adv.)in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently:
studied enough to pass the test.
fully or quite:
ready enough.
tolerably or passably:
He sings well enough.
(interj.)(used to express impatience or exasperation.)

Origin of enough:

bef. 900; ME enogh, OE genōh; c. OHG ginuog; akin to OE geneah it suffices, Skt naśati (he) reaches

Princeton's WordNet

enough, sufficiency(adj)
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"
adequate, decent, enough(adverb)
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
enough, plenty(adverb)
as much as necessary
"Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"

Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary

enough(adverb)ɪˈnʌf
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.
enoughɪˈnʌf
to some degree, but not a high degree
She seems nice enough.
enoughɪˈnʌf
indicates you think sth is funny or surprising
Strangely enough, two of my ex-boyfriends were there.
enough(pronoun)ɪˈnʌf
as much as is necessary or wanted
Four liters won't be enough.; There isn't enough of the cake to go around.
enoughɪˈnʌf
emphasizes here is much less than necessary
Fifteen minutes is nowhere near enough time to get there.
enoughɪˈnʌf
indicates sb wants sth to stop happening
Stop fighting, you two. I've had enough!
enough(determiner)ɪˈnʌf
as much or as many as necessary
I didn't make enough rice.
enoughɪˈnʌf
emphasizes there is enough, but not more
There were just enough books for everyone.

Wiktionary

enough(Adverb)
sufficiently
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
enough(Pronoun)
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough to keep me going.
enough(Interjection)
stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
Enough!

Origin: From ynough, from genog, from ganōgaz (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Swedish nog, Icelandish nógur), from *ǥanaxa 'to suffice' (compare Old English geneah), from h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe 'he has reached, attained', perfective of *h₂neḱ- 'to reach' (compare Old Irish tánaic 'he arrived', Latin nancisci 'to get', Lithuanian nesti 'to carry', Albanian kënaq 'to please, statisfy', Ancient Greek ἐνεγκεῖν.).

Webster Dictionary

Enough(adj)
satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs
Enough(adverb)
in a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently
Enough(adverb)
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
Enough(adverb)
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
Enough(noun)
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
Enough(u)
an exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough