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enough /ɪˈnʌf /determiner & pronoun1As much or as many as required: [as determiner]: too much work and not enough people to do it there was just enough room for two cars [as pronoun]: getting enough of the right things to eat [as postpositive adjective]: there will be time enough to tell you when we meet...- There's more than enough work to be done implementing existing policies.
- They make hundreds of billions of dollars every year, more than enough money to pay for the costs.
- What all of this means is that Ireland has more than enough organs to save the lives of those on waiting lists.
Synonyms sufficient, plenty (of), a sufficient amount (of), an adequate amount (of), as much as necessary; a sufficiency, an adequacy, an ample supply, a satisfactory amount, a passable amount, a tolerable amount, an acceptable amount, an abundance, an amplitude; full measure 1.1Used to indicate that one is unwilling to tolerate any more of something undesirable: [as determiner]: we’ve got enough problems without that [as pronoun]: I’ve had enough of this arguing that’s enough, pack it in...- After attempting to come back in pre-season, the problem only got worse and he decided enough was enough.
- Diaries can suffer from a process of attrition, as people decide they have had enough of the task of completing a diary.
- She finally decided that enough was enough, and it was time to give up.
adverb1To the required degree or extent (used after an adjective, adverb, or verb): before he was old enough to shave you’re not big enough for basketball...- If a space is large enough to push a pen through, it is big enough for a mouse.
- We got close enough to see them with binoculars but not close enough for photographs.
- It happens rarely enough for such an event to be savoured, but often enough to keep us forever interested.
1.1To a moderate degree; fairly: he can get there easily enough he seems nice enough...- They won it easily enough in the end.
- She seemed nice enough, her husband came too, they both wore jumpers and jeans in to the office.
- I've always been able to come up with content easily enough, but had a hard time with the introduction.
Synonyms sufficiently, adequately, amply, satisfactorily, passably, tolerably, reasonably, fairly 1.2 [with sentence adverb] Used for emphasis: curiously enough, there is no mention of him...- Interestingly enough, though, it also works as a good science fiction film.
- This is one of his poems that, interestingly enough, came up in Philosophy class a while ago.
- The annual Fun Day in Bedford Park, curiously enough unreported in the papers, was a great success.
Phrases enough is as good as a feast enough is enough enough said Origin Old English genōg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch genoeg and German genug. Rhymes bluff, buff, chough, chuff, cuff, duff, fluff, gruff, guff, huff, luff, puff, rough, ruff, scruff, scuff, slough, snuff, stuff, Tough, tuff |