enough

e·nough  (-nf)

adj.

Sufficient to meet a need or satisfy a desire; adequate: enough work to keep us all busy. See Synonyms at sufficient.

pron.

An adequate number or quantity: "The Gods above should give,/They have enough and we do poorly live" Henry David Thoreau.

adv.

1. To a satisfactory amount or degree; sufficiently: Is the fish cooked enough?

2. Very; fully; quite: We were glad enough to leave.

3. Tolerably; rather: She sang well enough, but the show was a failure.

interj.

Used to express impatience or exasperation: You've been practicing the guitar all afternoon. Enough!

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[Middle English enogh, from Old English geng; see nek-² in Indo-European roots.]

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enough

Adjective

1. as much or as many as necessary

2. that's enough! used to stop someone behaving in a particular way

pron

an adequate amount or number: I don't know enough about the subject to be able to speak about it

Adverb

1. as much as necessary

2. fairly or quite: that's a common enough experience

3. very: used to give emphasis to the preceding word: funnily enough, I wasn't alarmed

4. just adequately: he sang well enough [Old English genōh]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	enough - an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country" sufficiency relative quantity - a quantity relative to some purpose fill - a quantity sufficient to satisfy; "he ate his fill of potatoes"; "she had heard her fill of gossip"
Adj.	1.	enough - sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" adequate, decent sufficient - of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"
Adv.	1.	enough - as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" plenty

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enough

adjective 1. sufficient, adequate, ample, abundant, as much as you need, as much as is necessary

pronoun 2. sufficiency, plenty, sufficient, abundance, adequacy, right amount, ample supply

adverb 3. sufficiently, amply, fairly, moderately, reasonably, adequately, satisfactorily, abundantly, tolerably, passably

Translations

enough [ɪˈnʌf] adj enough time/books → bastante tiempo/bastantes libros n have you got enough? → ¿tiene usted bastante? adv big enough → bastante grande;

he has not worked enough → no ha trabajado bastante;

(that's) enough! → ¡basta ya!, ¡ya está bien!;

that's enough, thanks → con eso basta, gracias;

will 5 be enough? → ¿bastará con 5?;

I've had enough → estoy harto;

he was kind enough to lend me the money → tuvo la bondad or amabilidad de prestarme el dinero;

... which, funnily enough ... → ... lo que, por extraño que parezca ...

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enough [ɪˈnʌf] adj enough time/books → assez or suffisamment de temps/livres adv big enough → assez or suffisamment grand pron have you got enough? → (en) avez-vous assez?;

will five be enough? → est-ce que cinq suffiront?, est-ce qu'il y en aura assez avec cinq?;

enough to eat → assez à manger;

that's enough! → ça suffit!, assez!;

that's enough, thanks → cela suffit or c'est assez, merci;

I've had enough! → je n'en peux plus!;

I've had enough of him → j'en ai assez de lui;

he has not worked enough → il n'a pas assez or suffisamment travaillé, il n'a pas travaillé assez or suffisamment;

enough! → assez!, ça suffit!;

it's hot enough (as it is)! → il fait assez chaud comme ça!;

he was kind enough to lend me the money → il a eu la gentillesse de me prêter l'argent;

... which, funnily or oddly enough ... → qui, chose curieuse, ...

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enough [ɪˈnʌf] adj → genug, genügend

pron → genug

adv big enough → groß genug;

he has not worked enough → er hat nicht genug or genügend gearbeitet;

have you got enough? → haben Sie genug?;

enough to eat → genug zu essen;

will 5 be enough? → reichen 5?;

I've had enough! → jetzt reichts mir aber!;

it's hot enough (as it is) → es ist heiß genug;

he was kind enough to lend me the money → er war so gut und hat mir das Geld geliehen;

enough! → es reicht!;

that's enough, thanks → danke, das reicht or ist genug;

I've had enough of him → ich habe genug von ihm;

funnily/oddly enough ... → komischerweise ...

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enough [ɪˈnʌf] adj, n enough time/books → assai tempo/libri;

have you got enough? → ne ha abbastanza or a sufficienza? adv big enough → abbastanza grande;

he has not worked enough → non ha lavorato abbastanza;

enough! → basta!;

it's hot enough (as it is)! → fa abbastanza caldo così!;

will £5 be enough? → bastano 5 sterline?;

that's enough → basta;

I've had enough! → non ne posso più!;

he was kind enough to lend me the money → è stato così gentile da prestarmi i soldi;

... which, funnily enough → ... che, strano a dirsi