What does ENOUGH mean?
Definitions for ENOUGH
ɪˈnʌfenough
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Princeton's WordNet
enough, sufficiencyadjective
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, enoughadverb
sufficient for the purpose
"an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
enough, plentyadverb
as much as necessary
"Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"
Wiktionary
enoughadverb
sufficiently
I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
enoughpronoun
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough to keep me going.
enoughinterjection
stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
Enough!
Etymology: 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.).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Enoughadjective
It is not easy to determine whether this word be an adjective or adverb; perhaps, when it is joined with a substantive, it is an adjective, of which enow is the plural. In other situations it seems an adverb; except that after the verb to have, or to be, either expressed or understood, it may be accounted a substantive. In a sufficient measure; so as may satisfy; so as may suffice.
Etymology: genoh, Saxon; ganah, Gothick; genoeg, Dut.
Why wou’dst thou go, with one consent they cry,
When thou hadst gold enough, and Emily. Dryden.When there was not room enough for their herds, they by consent separated, and enlarged their pasture. John Locke.
Enoughadverb
I am apt enough to think, that this same binarium of a stronger and a weaker, like unto masculine and feminine, doth hold in all living bodies. Francis Bacon.
It is sometimes pleasant enough to consider the different notions which different persons have of the same thing. Addison.
They are now in prison at Florence; and, as it is said, treated hardly enough. Joseph Addison, on Italy.
Macbeth, beware Macduff!
Beware the thane of Fife! Dismiss me. —— Enough. William Shakespeare.Henceforth I’ll bear
Affliction, ’till it do cry out itself,
Enough, enough, and die. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Enoughnoun
’Tis enough for me to have endeavoured the union of my country, whilst I continued in publick employments. William Temple.
The indolency and enjoyment we have, sufficing for our present happiness, we desire not to venture the change, being content, and that is enough. John Locke.
Enough for me that to the list’ning swains,
First in those fields I sung the silvan strains. Alexander Pope.I will not quarrel with the present age: it has done enough for me, in making and keeping you two my friends. Alexander Pope.
He could not have been without some great defects and main errours in his nature, customs, and proceedings, which he had enough to do to save and help, with a thousand little industries and watches. Francis Bacon, Henry VII.
Wikipedia
Enough
Enough is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Delta Goodrem, released as the third single alongside the pre-order of her fifth studio album Wings of the Wild. It features American rapper Gizzle and peaked at number 27 on the ARIA Singles Chart.
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enough
Enough can be defined as a satisfactory or sufficient amount, degree, or quantity of something. It indicates that there is an adequate or suitable quantity or quality, fulfilling a particular requirement or desire.
Webster Dictionary
Enoughadjective
satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs
Enoughadverb
in a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently
Enoughadverb
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
Enoughadverb
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
Enoughnoun
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
an exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough
Etymology: [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. genh, geng, a. & adv. (akin to OS. ging, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gngr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. ganhs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na, Gr. 'enegkei^n to carry.]
Wikidata
Enough
Enough is a 2002 American drama-thriller film directed by Michael Apted. It stars Jennifer Lopez as Slim, an abused wife who learns to fight back. Enough garnered generally negative reviews from film critics, although several aspects of the film including the actor's performances were praised.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Enough
e-nuf′, adj. sufficient: giving content: satisfying want.—adv. sufficiently.—n. sufficiency: as much as satisfies desire or want. [A.S. ge-nóh, ge-nóg; Goth. ga-nóhs; Ger. ge-nug; Ice. g-nóg-r.]
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ENOUGH' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #379
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ENOUGH' in Written Corpus Frequency: #388
Adverbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ENOUGH' in Adverbs Frequency: #54
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ENOUGH in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ENOUGH in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of ENOUGH in a Sentence
Many people take for granted that they always have and always will have the right to vote, but shedding doubt on that may be enough to make people realize that they shouldn’t squander their votes.
There are 3,000 businesses in Michigan that are closed right now, and theyre falling daily, the fact that my government had enough money to work with. ...You take $4 trillion and divide it among 100 million households, roughly ... they could have given every household in this country $20,000 to sit down. Go home and sit.
Demand for water will rise as the population grows, whilst water supply is likely to reduce as the effects of climate change kick in, around 25 years from now, where those two lines cross is known by some as the jaws of death -- the point at which we will not have enough water to supply our needs, unless we take action to change things.
What we know is market conditions continue to erode with an uncertain future, the steps we’ve taken to stay ahead of downturn impacts – which enabled several strong quarters in a row – are no longer enough. We now have to make additional decisions to prepare for the road ahead.
A simple enough pleasure, surely, to have breakfast alone with one's husband, but how seldom married people in the midst of life achieve it.
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- كفى, كاف, مَه, تمام, بس, كافيةArabic
- достатъчно, стигаBulgarian
- a-walc'hBreton
- suficient, prou, prou!, suficientmentCatalan, Valencian
- dost, a dostCzech
- digon, gwalaWelsh
- nokDanish
- genug, das genügt, haltGerman
- nyoEwe
- φτάνει, αρκετά, αρκετός, επαρκώςGreek
- sufiĉa, sufiĉeEsperanto
- bastante, basta, suficientemente, suficienteSpanish
- بسه!, به اندازه کافی, بس است!, کافیPersian
- kylliksi, riittävästi, kyllin, tarpeeksi, riittävänFinnish
- suffisamment, assezFrench
- genôchWestern Frisian
- go leor, dóthainIrish
- gu leòrScottish Gaelic
- પૂરતુંGujarati
- dy liooarManx
- מספיק, דיHebrew
- काफ़ी, पर्याप्तHindi
- elégHungarian
- բավականArmenian
- cukupIndonesian
- basta, abbastanzaItalian
- מספיקHebrew
- 充分, 十分, 足りる, 止める, 十分なJapanese
- ಸಾಕುKannada
- 충분히Korean
- بهس, تهواوKurdish
- satisLatin
- gana, gana!Latvian
- kātiMāori
- доволно, доста, доста!, достатноMacedonian
- genoeg!, voldoende, genoegDutch
- det holder!, tilstrekkelig, nok, fyllestgjørendeNorwegian
- dosyć, wystarczająco, dośćPolish
- suficientemente, bastante, [[o]] [[suficiente]], chega!, suficiente, bastaPortuguese
- sinchiQuechua
- destul, ajunge, de ajuns, suficientRomanian
- хватать, баста, довольно, достаточноRussian
- довољно, достаSerbo-Croatian
- dovòlj, bástaSlovene
- mjaftAlbanian
- nog, tillräckligtSwedish
- basi, basi!Swahili
- போதும்Tamil
- చాలుTelugu
- พอThai
- yeterli, yeter derecede, yeter!, yeteri kadar, yeterinceTurkish
- достатньоUkrainian
- کافیUrdu
- đủ, đủ rồiVietnamese
- גענוגYiddish
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