Definitions for plenty
ˈplɛn tiplen·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.1 / 7 votes

1. plenty, plentifulness, plenteousness, plenitude, plentitudenoun

   a full supply

   "there was plenty of food for everyone"

2. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wadadverb

   (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

   "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

3. enough, plentyadverb

   as much as necessary

   "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. plentynoun

   An adequate amount.

   We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.

2. plentyadverb

   Sufficiently or very.

   This office is plenty big enough for our needs.

3. plentypronoun

   A sufficient quantity. More than enough.

4. plentyadjective

   plentiful.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLENTYnoun

   Etymology: from plenus, full.

   1. Abundance; such a quantity as is more than enough.

   Peace,
   Dear nurse of arts, plenties and joyful birth. William Shakespeare.

   What makes land, as well as other things, dear, is plenty of buyers, and but few sellers; and so plenty of sellers and few buyers makes land cheap. John Locke.

   2. Fruitfulness; exuberance.

   The teeming clouds
   Descend in gladsome plenty o’er the world. James Thomson.

   3. It is used, I think, barbarously for plentiful.

   To grass with thy calves,
   Where water is plenty. Thomas Tusser, Husbandry.

   If reasons were as plenty as black berries, I would give no man a reason on compulsion. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   4. A state in which enough is had and enjoyed.

   Ye shall eat in plenty and be satisfied, and praise the Lord. Joel ii. 26.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. plenty

   Plenty refers to a large or sufficient amount or quantity; an abundance or more than enough. It can also mean a situation in which resources or opportunities are available in large quantities.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plentyadjective

   full or adequate supply; enough and to spare; sufficiency; specifically, abundant productiveness of the earth; ample supply for human wants; abundance; copiousness

2. Plentyadjective

   plentiful; abundant

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plenty

   Plenty is a play by David Hare, first performed in 1978, about British post-war disillusion. Susan Traherne, a former secret agent, is a woman conflicted by the contrast between her past, exciting triumphs—she had worked behind enemy lines as a Special Operations Executive courier in Nazi-occupied France during World War II—and the mundane nature of her present life, as the increasingly depressed wife of a diplomat whose career she has destroyed. Viewing society as morally bankrupt, Susan has become self-absorbed, bored, and destructive — the slow deterioration in her mental health mirrors the crises in the ruling class of post-war Britain. Susan Traherne's story is told in a non-linear chronology, alternating between her wartime and post-wartime lives, illustrating how youthful dreams rarely are realised and how a person's personal life can affect the outside world.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Plenty

   plen′ti, n. a full supply: all that can be needed: abundance.—adj. being in abundance.—adj. Plen′tēous, fully sufficient: abundant: fruitful: well provided: rich: (B.) giving plentifully.—adv. Plen′tēously.—n. Plen′tēousness.—adj. Plen′tiful, copious: abundant: yielding abundance.—adv. Plen′tifully.—n. Plen′tifulness.—Horn of plenty (see Horn). [O. Fr. plente—L. plenus, full.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon WurdzRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLENTY

   A desirable condition that is likely to step out whenever Extravagance steps in.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. PLENTY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Plenty is ranked #80678 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Plenty surname appeared 235 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Plenty.
   
   72.3% or 170 total occurrences were Black.
   17.4% or 41 total occurrences were White.
   4.6% or 11 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   2.5% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plenty' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2436

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'plenty' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1262

Anagrams for plenty »

1. pentyl

How to pronounce plenty?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say plenty in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of plenty in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of plenty in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of plenty in a Sentence

1. Rick Williams:

   This whole concept of using less and paying more is a very hard pill to swallow, we have plenty of water.

2. Gregg Orton:

   This bill moves us one step closer to having our rich and diverse stories told in a way few could ever imagine, while there is plenty more to be done to ultimately realize this vision of a museum on the National Mall that centers our communities, this is a moment worth appreciating.

3. John Thune:

   For him, it’s not all that unusual. But it will be the grist and plenty of fodder for those that are looking to get into that race.

4. Jessica Herrin:

   I’ve learned a lot from making plenty of mistakes, if I can help others get there faster, it will be all the more worthwhile.

5. Torine Creppy:

   It's easy to look at your beautiful, newborn baby and think that he's not going anywhere anytime soon ; believing you still have plenty of time to child-proof your home, but we've learned from our research that parents are all too often surprised by how quickly their babies grow and change. That's why it's so important to start life-saving habits, like safe medicine storage, well before your baby is on the move.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=plenty
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Plenty
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=plenty
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plenty
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=plenty
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=plenty
8. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=plenty
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html