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Meaning of 'enough' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Enough [ a.]
- Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs.
2 . Enough [ adv.]
- In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently.
- 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.
- 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.
3 . Enough [ interj.]
- An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
4 . Enough [ 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.

Meaning of 'enough' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . enough [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
Example in sentence:
  • enough is as good as a feast;
  • there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
2 . enough [ r]
Meaning (2):
- as much as necessary
Example in sentence:
  • Have I eaten enough?;
  • I've had plenty, thanks
3 . enough [ s]
Meaning (3):
- sufficient for the purpose
Example in sentence:
  • an adequate income;
  • enough food;
  • food enough;
  • the food was adequate

Nearby Words:

enodal enodation enode enoint enomotarch enomoty enopla enoptomancy enorm enormities

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