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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plen•ty /ˈplɛnti/USA pronunciation n. - a full supply or amount;
a supply or amount that is more than enough: [~ + of + uncountable noun; used with a singular verb]There is plenty of time.[~ + of + plural noun* used with a plural verb]There are plenty of chairs. - the state or quality of being plentiful;
abundance:[uncountable]the land's plenty. - a large amount, or a time of having a large amount:[uncountable]the years of plenty.
adj. - existing in or providing an amount, number, or quantity that is more than enough.
- more than enough;
ample:This helping is plenty for me.
adv. - Pronouns[Informal.]fully;
quite:plenty good enough.
See -plen-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plen•ty (plen′tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties, adj., adv. n. - a full or abundant supply or amount:There is plenty of time.
- the state or quality of being plentiful;
abundance:resources in plenty. - an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance:the plenty of a rich harvest; the plenty that comes with peace.
adj. - existing in ample quantity or number;
plentiful;
abundant:Food is never too plenty in the area. - more than sufficient;
ample:That helping is plenty for me.
adv. - Pronouns[Informal.]fully;
quite:plenty good enough.
- Latin plēnitāt- (stem of plēnitās) fullness. See plenum, -ity
- Old French plented, plentet
- Old French; replacing Middle English plenteth
- Middle English plente 1175–1225
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged plenteousness, copiousness, luxuriance, affluence. Plenty, abundance, profusion refer to a large quantity or supply. Plenty suggests a supply that is fully adequate to any demands:plenty of money.Abundance implies a great plenty, an ample and generous oversupply:an abundance of rain.Profusion applies to such a lavish and excessive abundance as often suggests extravagance or prodigality:luxuries in great profusion.
The construction plenty of is standard in all varieties of speech and writing:plenty of room in the shed.The use of plenty preceding a noun, without an intervening of, first appeared in the late 19th century:plenty room in the shed.It occurs today chiefly in informal speech. As an adverb, a use first recorded in the mid-19th century, plenty is also informal and is found chiefly in speech or written representations of speech. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plenty /ˈplɛntɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- (often followed by of) a great number, amount, or quantity; lots: plenty of time, there are plenty of cars on display here
- generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources: the age of plenty
- in plenty ⇒ existing in abundance: food in plenty
determiner - very many; ample: plenty of people believe in ghosts
- (as pronoun): there's plenty more, that's plenty, thanks
adv - informal more than adequately; abundantly: the water's plenty hot enough
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French plenté, from Late Latin plēnitās fullness, from Latin plēnus full Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Plenty /ˈplɛntɪ/ n - Bay of Plenty ⇒ a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
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