plenty
(plenti )
1. quantifier B1
If there is plenty of something, there is a large amount of it. If there are plenty of things, there are many of them. Plenty is used especially to indicate that there is enough of something, or more than you need.
There was still plenty of time to take Jill out for pizza. [+ of]
Most businesses face plenty of competition. [+ of]
Taking plenty of exercise can be of great benefit.
Are there plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables in your diet? [+ of]
Plenty is also a pronoun.
I don't believe in long interviews. Fifteen minutes is plenty.
She's got plenty to do these days.
2. uncountable noun
Plenty is a situation in which people have a lot to eat or a lot of money to live on. [formal]
You are all fortunate to be growing up in a time of peace and plenty.
...an area that has become a symbol of despair in the midst of America's plenty.
Synonyms: abundance, wealth, luxury, prosperity
3. adverb [ADVERB adjective/adverb]
You use plenty in front of adjectives or adverbs to emphasize the degree of the quality they are describing. [informal, emphasis]
The water looked plenty deep.
The compartment is plenty big enough.
Keep in mind you're going to be fighting lots of men who hit plenty hard.
4. in plenty phrase [noun PHRASE, PHRASE after verb]
If there are things in plenty, those things exist or happen in large amounts or numbers.
There were thrills in plenty on Saturday, when Germany won the gold medal.
The guest conductor has talent in plenty.
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Quotations:
Plenty has made me poorMetamorphoses
Idioms:
there are plenty more fish in the sea
said to mean that there are still many other people who you might have a successful relationship with in the future, even though your romance or love affair has ended
If your daughter is upset because her boyfriend left her, telling her that `there are plenty more fish in the sea' won't help.
Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Collocations:
land of plenty
Genetic material suggests that it was an estuarine environment - a land of plenty for a hunter-gatherer community - before the tsunami struck.
Times,Sunday Times
That may not sound very exciting to you, but when you're 10,000 miles from the land of plenty, those are neat items to receive.
Christianity Today
He pictured flash cars, skyscraper buildings, fancy shops, a sparkling land of plenty where everyone was wealthy.
Times, Sunday Times
The railwaymen are wearing out their best clothes on picket, and in a land of plenty are short of the wherewithal to buy.
Times,Sunday Times
An enticing land of plenty.
The Sun
Translations:
Chinese: 丰富
Japanese: たっぷり
- particular concern
- particular criticism
- particular difficulty
- particular emphasis
- particular favourite
- particular focus
- particular form
- particular genre
- particular importance
- particular incident
- particular individual
- particular instance
- particular interest
- particularity
- particularize
- particular knack
- particularly
- particularly acute
- particularly adept at
- particularly aggressive
- particularly appropriate
- particularly apt
- particularly beneficial
- particularly compelling
- particularly concerned