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plenty

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plen·ty  (plnt)
n.
1. A full or completely adequate amount or supply: plenty of time.
2. A large quantity or amount; an abundance: "Awards and honors came to her in plenty" (Joyce Carol Oates).
3. A condition of general abundance or prosperity: "fruitful regions gladdened by plenty and lulled by peace!" (Samuel Johnson).
adj.
Plentiful; abundant: "Ships were then not so plenty in those waters as now" (Herman Melville).
adv. Informal
Sufficiently; very: It's plenty hot.

[Middle English, from Old French plente, from Latin plnits, from plnus, full; see pel-1 in Indo-European roots.]

plenty
Noun
pl -ties
1. (often foll. by of)a great number or amount: plenty of time
2. abundance: an age of plenty
Adjective
very many: there's plenty more fish in the sea
Adverb
Informal more than adequately: that's plenty fast enough for me [Latin plenus full]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.plenty - a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone"
abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
2.plentyplenty - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse"
haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Adv.1.plenty - as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"

plenty
2. (usually with of) lots of, (informal) enough, a great deal of, masses of, quantities of, piles of (informal) mountains of, a good deal of, stacks of, heaps of (informal) a mass of, a volume of, an abundance of, a plethora of, a quantity of, a fund of, oodles of (informal) a store of, a mine of, a sufficiency of
Translations
plenty [ˈplɛntɪ] nabundancia;
plenty of → mucho(s)/a(s);
we've got plenty of time to get there → tenemos tiempo de sobra para llegar

plenty [ˈplɛntɪ] nabondance f;
plenty of → beaucoup de (= sufficient); (bien) assez de;
we've got plenty of time → nous avons largement le temps

plenty [ˈplɛntɪ] n (= lots) → eine Menge (= sufficient); reichlich;
plenty of → eine Menge;
we've got plenty of time to get there → wir haben jede Menge Zeit, dorthin zu kommen

plenty [ˈplɛntɪ] nabbondanza;
plenty of → tanto/a, molto/a; un'abbondanza di;
we've got plenty of time to get there → abbiamo un sacco di tempo per arrivarci

plenty
pron plenty [ˈplenti]
1 a sufficient amount; enough I don't need any more books – I've got plenty; We've got plenty of time to get there. heelwat وَفْرَه، كَثيرٌ من изобилие dost nok; rigelig reichlich αρκετός bastante, suficiente küllaldaselt مقدار کافی paljon (bien) assez de דַי וְהוֹתֶר पर्याप्त obilje,izobilje sok cukup banyak nægur abbastanza, tanto たっぷり 풍부, 충분 pakankamai daug pietiekoši; diezgan cukup ruimschoots genoeg mer enn nok dosyć bastante suficient достаточно dosť dovolj obilje gott om เพียงพอ yeterince, fazlasıyla 豐富 багато کافي đủ
2 a large amount He's got plenty of money. heelwat مالٌ كَثير изобилие spousta, plno masser reichlich αρκετός, σε μεγάλη ποσότητα en abundancia, un montón de, montones de palju بسیار paljon beaucoup (de) הַרבֵּה समृद्धि, धनदौलत bogatstvo sok banyak hellingur, gnægð molto 大量 다량 daugybė daudz banyak een heleboel overflod, store mengder mnóstwo montes o mulţime (de) много, полно kopa, množstvo mnogo gomila massor av, massvis med จำนวนมากมาย çok/büyük miktar 大量 багато بڑي مقدار nhiều
adj
That's plenty, thank you! voldoende كَثير достатъчен stačí mere end nok reichlich αρκετός suficiente küllalt زیاد yllin kyllin ça suffit דַי וְהוֹתֶר ढेर सा dosta elég cukup kappnógur abbastanza たっぷりの 충분한 pakankamai pietiekoši; gana banyaknya (meer dan) genoeg rikelig, mer enn nok dosyć bastante De ajuns! обильный; достаточный stačí dovolj dovoljno tillräckligt, nog อย่างมากพอ kâfi, yeterli 足夠的 досить, доволі اتنا کافي ہے đủ
adj plenteous [-tiəs]
plentiful. oorvloedig وافِر، مُتَوَفِّر изобилен hojný rigelig reichlich άφθονος abundante ohter فراوان runsas abondant מָלֵא प्रचुर, विपुल obilan,plodan bőséges banyak ríkulegur, kappnógur abbondante たくさんの 풍부한 gausus bagātīgs banyak sekali overvloedig rikelig, i overflod obfity abundante din bel­şug обильный hojný obilen izdašan riklig, ymnig อุดมสมบูรณ์ çok 豐富的 врожайний, родючий وافر، کثير nhiều
adj plentiful
existing in large amounts a plentiful supply. oorvloedig وافِر، بِكَمِّيّات كَبيرَه изобилен bohatý, hojný rigelig reichlich άφθονος abundante külluslik فراوان runsas abondant בְּשֶׁפָע प्रचुर, विपुल obilan,izobilan bőséges berlimpah-limpah ríkulegur abbondante 大量の 많은 gausus bagātīgs sangat banyak overvloedig rikelig obfity abundante din belşug изобильный bohatý, hojný izdaten izdašan riklig, ymnig, gott om มากมาย bol 多的 рясний; багатий افراط، بہت dồi dào


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I do not mean that he ill-used me, but he did not care for us one bit further than to see that we had plenty to eat, and shelter in the winter.
He catch plenty good fella kai-kai, {2} plenty good fella money.
Aunt Plenty had even allowed Rose to rummage in her great china closet a spicy retreat, rich in all the "goodies" that children love; but Rose seemed to care little for these toothsome temptations; and when that hope failed, Aunt Plenty gave up in despair.
 
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