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enough

  • determiner
  • /ɪˈnʌf/

Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

Other meanings

  1. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.

  2. Used after a noun.

Related words

  • enoughly
  • enoughness
  • big and ugly enough
  • enough already
  • enough said
  • give someone enough rope
  • not enough to hang a dog on
  • big enough and ugly enough
  • have had enough
  • can't get enough
  • that's enough
  • crazy enough to work

Example sentences

  • “A billion international auxiliary languages is never enough.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0
  • “As if we didn't have enough opponents!”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0
  • “They don't pay me enough for that.”

    Tatoeba · Miktsoanit · CC0

Word history

From Old English "ġenōg".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “enough” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.