Meaning of ENOUGH
Pronunciation: | | i'nuf
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- [n] 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"
- [adv] as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks"
- [adj] enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
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| Synonyms: | | adequate, decent, plenty, sufficiency, sufficient |
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| See Also: | | fill, relative quantity | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\E*nough"\, a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen?h, gen?g,
a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin?g, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G.
genug, Icel. gn?gr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan?hs), fr.
geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref. ge- + a root
akin to L. nancisci to get, Skr. na?, Gr. ? to carry.]
Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want;
sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the
noun to which it belongs.
How many hired servants of my father's have bread
enough and to spare! --Luke xv. 17.
\E*nough"\, adv.
1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction;
sufficiently.
2. Fully; quite; -- used to express slight augmentation of
the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as,
he is ready enough to embrace the offer.
I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
--Shak.
Thou knowest well enough . . . that this is no time
to lend money. --Shak.
3. In a tolerable degree; -- used to express mere
acceptableness or acquiescence, and implying a degree or
quantity rather less than is desired; as, the song was
well enough.
Note: Enough usually follows the word it modifies.
\E*nough"\, n.
A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate
to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had
enough to do take care of himself. ``Enough is as good as a
feast.''
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. --Gen.
xxxiii. 9.
\E*nough"\, interj.
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form
of it is enough.
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