Enough means as much as you need or as much as is necessary.
They had enough cash for a one-way ticket.
There aren't enough tents to shelter them all.
Enough is also an adverb.
I was old enough to work and earn money.
Do you believe that sentences for criminals are tough enough at present?
She graduated with high enough marks to apply for university.
Enough is also a pronoun.
Although the U.K. says efforts are being made, they are not doing enough.
Enough is also a quantifier.
All parents worry about whether their child is getting enough of the right foods.
Enough is also an adjective.
By autumn it hopes to have 200 new lines – proof enough of the growing market.
Synonyms: sufficient, adequate, ample, abundant More Synonyms of enough
2. pronoun
If you say that something is enough, you mean that you do not want it to continue any longer or get any worse.
I met him only the once, and that was enough.
I think I have said enough.
You've got enough to think about for the moment.
Enough is also a quantifier.
Ann had heard enough of this.
He had messed up enough of these occasions to give rise to some anxieties.
Enough is also a determiner.
I've had enough problems with the police, I don't need this.
Would you shut up, please! I'm having enough trouble with these children!
Enough is also an adverb.
I'm serious, things are difficult enough as they are.
3. adverb
You can use enough to say that something is the case to a moderate or fairly large degree.
Winter is a common enough German surname.
I got this phone call from a gentleman, who seemed sincere enough.
The rest of the evening passed pleasantly enough.
4. adverb
You use enough in expressions such as strangely enough and interestingly enough to indicate that you think a fact is strange or interesting.
Strangely enough, the last thing he thought of was his beloved Tanya.
Her latest conquest is an Italian who, interestingly enough, doesn't speak a wordof his native language.
5.
See enough is enough
6.
See have had enough
7.
See enough said
8.
See that's enough
9. fair enough
10. sure enough
More Synonyms of enough
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enough in British English
(ɪˈnʌf)
determiner
1.
a.
sufficient to answer a need, demand, supposition, or requirement; adequate
enough cake
b.
(as pronoun)
enough is now known
2. that's enough!
adverb
3.
so as to be adequate or sufficient; as much as necessary
you have worked hard enough
4. (not used with a negative)
very or quite; rather
she was pleased enough to see me
5.
(intensifier)
oddly enough
surprisingly enough
6.
just adequately; tolerably
he did it well enough
Word origin
Old English genōh; related to Old Norse gnōgr, Gothic ganōhs, Old High German ginuog
enough in American English
(iˈnʌf; ɪˈnʌf)
adjective
1.
as much or as many as necessary, desirable, or tolerable; sufficient
noun
2.
the amount or number needed, desired, or allowed; sufficiency
adverb
3.
as much or as often as necessary; to the required degree or amount; sufficiently
4.
fully; quite
oddly enough
5.
just adequately; tolerably; fairly
he played well enough
SIMILAR WORDS: sufˈficient
Word origin
ME inough < OE genoh < Gmc comp. (seen also in Ger genug-, ON gnogr, Goth ganohs) < ge-, intens. + *noh, enough < IE base *enek-, *nek-, to attain, achieve > L nactus, attained, Sans nákşati, (he) attains
More idioms containing
enough
enough is as good as a feast
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
have enough on your plate
give someone enough rope to hang themselves
Examples of 'enough' in a sentence
enough
Only wealthy people will able to buy houses with large enough gardens to not be affected.
The Sun (2016)
You need to think about having enough assets to retire on.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The film had already hit hard enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They are certainly enough to give him immortality.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
They earn enough to buy what they need themselves.
The Sun (2016)
Just enough breeze to lift the edge of my shorts.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Will the cops track them down before they raise enough cash?
The Sun (2016)
That looks high enough for the time being.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The average person only moves once in a generation, which means prices have generally risen enough to secure a profit.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
The quantity has been whittled down because the quality was not high enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
You will read enough about the shows in our pages and website over the month.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The effect of these pressures is there to see if you look hard enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Earning enough to be able to spend time with my family.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
They have to work harder to win games and they just do enough to win.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Do the rest of us get enough?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Was there enough cash left to do it?
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The film is large enough to permit.
Freeman, Michael Collins Complete Guide to Photography (1993)
There is a point at which you have to say enough is enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
We often ask how much is enough?
The Sun (2012)
The two shared enough common ground ideologically to make an alliance possible.
Blinkhorn, Martin (ed) Fascists and Conservatives (1990)
Did he really think he had enough cover up front?
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The task he faces will be difficult enough without this episode hanging over him.
The Sun (2006)
Prices are high enough as it is.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He gets enough stick about it from the locals.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Between us we earned enough money to put food on the table and pay the bills.
Jan Fennell FRIENDS FOR LIFE (2003)
That attitude is just not good enough.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It must first be refined so it is stable and safe enough for use in clinical trials on humans.
The Sun (2013)
And it needs friends in the media who are civilised enough to give the oxygen of publicity to great art.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Strangely enough, this constant monitoring had the opposite effect to that intended.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Interestingly enough, what is a hospital?
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
We've had enough of price rises, full stop.
The Sun (2013)
Quotations
Enough is as good as a feast
In other languages
enough
British English: enough /ɪˈnʌf/ DETERMINER
If you have enough of something, you have as much as you need.
I don't have enough money to buy both books.
American English: enough
Arabic: كافٍ
Brazilian Portuguese: suficiente
Chinese: 充足的
Croatian: dovoljan
Czech: dost
Danish: nok
Dutch: voldoende
European Spanish: bastante
Finnish: tarpeeksi
French: assez
German: genug
Greek: αρκετός
Italian: sufficiente
Japanese: 十分な
Korean: 충분한
Norwegian: nok
Polish: wystarczający
European Portuguese: suficiente
Romanian: suficient
Russian: достаточный
Latin American Spanish: suficiente
Swedish: tillräcklig
Thai: พอเพียง
Turkish: yeterli
Ukrainian: досить
Vietnamese: đủ
British English: enough /ɪˈnʌf/ PRONOUN
Enough means as much as is needed or required.
Although they are trying hard, they are not doing enough.
American English: enough
Arabic: كافٍ
Brazilian Portuguese: suficiente
Chinese: 足够的东西
Croatian: dovoljno
Czech: dost
Danish: nok
Dutch: genoeg
European Spanish: bastante
Finnish: tarpeeksi
French: assez
German: genug
Greek: αρκετά
Italian: abbastanza
Japanese: 十分 量・程度
Korean: 충분한 양
Norwegian: nok
Polish: dosyć
European Portuguese: suficiente
Romanian: destul
Russian: достаточно
Latin American Spanish: bastante
Swedish: tillräckligt
Thai: จำนวนที่พอเพียง
Turkish: yeterli
Ukrainian: достатньо
Vietnamese: đủ
All related terms of 'enough'
enough said
If you say ' enough said ', you mean that what you have just said is enough to make a point clear , and that there is no need to say any more.
fair enough!
You use fair enough when you want to say that a statement , decision , or action seems reasonable to a certain extent , but that perhaps there is more to be said or done .
sure enough
You say sure enough , especially when telling a story , to confirm that something was really true or was actually happening .
well enough
If you say that you like something or someone well enough , you mean that you quite like them or find them reasonably acceptable .
enough sleep
Sleep is the natural state of rest in which your eyes are closed, your body is inactive , and your mind does not think .
enough space
You use space to refer to an area that is empty or available . The area can be any size. For example , you can refer to a large area outside as a large open space or to a small area between two objects as a small space .
enough staff
The staff of an organization are the people who work for it.
reason enough
The reason for something is a fact or situation which explains why it happens or what causes it to happen.
that's enough!
You say ' that's enough ' to tell someone, especially a child, to stop behaving in a silly , noisy , or unpleasant way.
enough trouble
You can refer to problems or difficulties as trouble .
funnily enough
You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising , it is true or really happened .
enough is enough
If you say ' enough is enough ', you mean that you want something that is happening to stop.
enough information
Information about someone or something consists of facts about them.
have had enough
If you say that you have had enough , you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop .
man enough to/for
If you say that a man is man enough to do something, you mean that he has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
let well enough alone
to be content with things as they are and not try to improve them
woman enough to/for
If you say that a woman is woman enough to do something, you mean that she has the necessary courage or ability to do it.
leave well enough alone
see the phrase under → alone
give someone (enough) rope
to allow someone freedom of action in the expectation that that person will overreach himself or herself
have enough on your plate
to have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with
enough is as good as a feast
said to mean that there is no point in having more of something than you need or want
give sb enough rope to hang
If you give someone enough rope to hang themselves , you give them the freedom to do a job in their own way because you hope that their attempts will fail and that they will look foolish .
give someone enough rope to hang themselves
to give someone the freedom to do something in the way they want to do it, usually in the hope that they will fail or become weak by doing it the wrong way
just leave well alone
to refrain from interfering with something that is satisfactory
cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
extremely cold
give someone enough rope to hang himself or herself
to allow someone to accomplish his or her own downfall by his or her own foolish acts
have enough on one's plate/have a lot on one's plate
If you have enough on your plate or have a lot on your plate , you have a lot of work to do or a lot of things to deal with.
too fast etc/not fast etc enough for sb's liking
If something is, for example , too fast for your liking , you would prefer it to be slower . If it is not fast enough for your liking , you would prefer it to be faster.
it's cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
the weather is freezing cold
near enough/as near as makes no difference/as near as dammit/damned near
If you want to indicate that something is almost true , you can use the expressions near enough and damned near . In British English, you can also say as near as dammit .
Chinese translation of 'enough'
enough
(ɪˈnʌf)
adj
[time, books, people]足够(夠)的 (zúgòu de)
⇒ They had enough cash for a one-way ticket.他们有足够的现金支付单程票。 (Tāmen yǒu zúgòu de xiànjīn zhīfù dānchéngpiào.)
pron
(= sufficient, more than desired) 足够(夠)的东(東)西 (zúgòu de dōngxi)
⇒ I've got five thousand dollars, I hope it's enough.我有5000美金 ，希望足够了。 (Wǒ yǒu wǔqiān měijīn, xīwàng zúgòu le.)
⇒ I only met him once, and that was enough.我只见过他一次 ，足矣了。 (Wǒ zhǐ jiànguo tā yī cì, zúyǐ le.)