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enough
[ ih-nuhf ]
adjective
- adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire:
enough water;
noise enough to wake the dead.
Synonyms:
pronoun
- an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency.
adverb
- in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.
Synonyms: , ,
- fully or quite:
ready enough.
interjection
- (used to express impatience or exasperation):
Enough! I heard you the first time.
enough
/ 瑟藞苍蕦蹿 /
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
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of enough1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of enough1
Idioms and Phrases
- fair enough
- had enough
- leave well enough alone
- not enough room to swing a cat
- sure enough
- (enough) to wake the dead
Example Sentences
The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough.
The FA has continued to allow biological males to compete in the women's game if they show low enough testosterone levels and they are assessed by a match observer.
"It's not like this is a trial run. You've had enough time and it's failed."
By the time he was 12, his coaches were confident enough to let him pursue cricket professionally.
It鈥檚 not exactly secret, but it鈥檚 abstruse enough that they hope most people, who aren鈥檛 fully conversant with the complexities of the program, won鈥檛 get the drift.
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More About Enough
What is a basic definition of聽enough?
Enough is an adjective that describes something that is adequate for an intended purpose. Enough is also used as an adverb to mean sufficiently or fully. Enough also has senses as a pronoun and an interjection.
Enough describes something as being adequate or sufficient. If you have enough of something, you have at least met the minimum requirement.
- Real-life examples: If you have enough money to buy food, you won鈥檛 run out of money when you purchase it, though you might not have a lot of money left afterwards. If you have enough points to pass a test, you won鈥檛 fail the test but you won鈥檛 get an A, either.
- Used in a sentence: We had 15 people show up, enough to form our basketball team.
As an adverb, enough means in a degree that is satisfactory. This sense is often used in the negative to mean something failed to meet expectations or was insufficient.
- Real-life examples: If your boss doesn鈥檛 think you work hard enough, they may fire you. If you practice the violin enough, you may become better at playing it.
- Used in a sentence: The door was just wide enough to fit the couch through it.聽
Enough is also used to mean fully, quite, or plenty. This sense is used to describe a situation where something has met the maximum requirement and anything more is unnecessary. This sense is not used in the negative.
- Real-life examples: If you can pay all your bills and go on vacation, you can say you earn enough. You know you鈥檝e studied enough when you can answer all the practice questions correctly.
- Used in a sentence: She decided the dog had eaten enough and took the food bowl away.
Where does聽enough come from?
The first records of enough come from before the 900s. It comes from the Old English word 驳别苍艒丑 and is related to the German genug and the Old Norse 苍艒驳谤.
Did you know ... ?
What are some synonyms for enough?
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What are some words that often get used in discussing enough?
How is聽enough used in real life?
Enough is a very common word that refers to an acceptable amount of something.
I just wish I had enough money to spoil my friends and family like they deserve 馃ズ
鈥 Caro鉁 (@carver_caroline)
Everyone has an inner voice telling them they're not good enough. All of your favorite artists refused to listen to that voice.
You should ignore it, too.
鈥 C. Robert Cargill (@Massawyrm)
I STILL don鈥檛 think I鈥檝e got my Haters mad enough鈥︹
鈥 ICE T (@FINALLEVEL)
Try using聽enough!
True or False?
$10 is enough money to buy a shirt that costs $8.
Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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