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adjective adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire: enough water; noise enough to wake the dead.
pronoun an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency.
adverb in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
fully or quite: ready enough.
interjection (used to express impatience or exasperation): Enough! I heard you the first time.
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Origin of enough before 900; Middle English enogh, Old English genōh; cognate with German genug, Gothic ganohs, Old Norse nōgr; akin to Old English geneah it suffices, Sanskrit naśati (he) reaches
SYNONYMS FOR enough 1 ample.
3 adequately, amply, reasonably.
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Words nearby enough enormousness, Enos, e-nose, enosis, enostosis, enough , enough is enough, enough rope, give someone, enough said, enough to sink a ship, enounce
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Example sentences from the Web for enough Grindr currently has twelve ‘tribes,’ and for some people this just is not enough .
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He added: “People say he deserves his day in court… Do we have enough time?”
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I had enough experiences around languages that it just sort of happened.
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“Competition is there, of course, but I think there is enough business for everyone as long as the demand is there,” he says.
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The Air Force has enough MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper drones.
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But for the present I think we have enough men for this expedition.
For the Liberty of Texas | Edward Stratemeyer
So I still beg for the minutes: your walks take up hours enough .
Piano and Song | Friedrich Wieck
There is enough for all to have a good amount to eat, which often is nt.
The Story of Opal | Opal Whiteley
Presenty there was a little light—not much, but enough to mark clearly the dim outlines of the trees.
Wang the Ninth | Putnam Weale
Them poor horses 'll have enough of it, if the others don't.
A Life's Secret | Mrs. Henry Wood
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British Dictionary definitions for enough determiner sufficient to answer a need, demand, supposition, or requirement; adequate enough cake (as pronoun ) enough is now known that's enough! that will do: used to put an end to an action, speech, performance, etc
adverb so as to be adequate or sufficient; as much as necessary you have worked hard enough
(not used with a negative) very or quite; rather she was pleased enough to see me
(intensifier) oddly enough ; surprisingly enough
just adequately; tolerably he did it well enough
Word Origin for enough Old English genōh; related to Old Norse gnōgr, Gothic ganōhs, Old High German ginuog
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Idioms and Phrases with enough In addition to the idioms beginning with enough
enough is enough enough rope, give someone enough said enough to sink a ship also see:
fair enough had enough leave well enough alone not enough room to swing a cat sure enough (enough) to wake the dead SEE MORE ORIGINS SEE FEWER ORIGINS
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