enough

SEE DEFINITION OF enough

adj.plenty
adv.adequately
nounplenty

Synonyms for enough

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Antonyms for enough

ample

adjective. more than necessary, sufficient

amplest

adjective. more than necessary, sufficient

Word Origin & History

c.1300, from Old English genog, a common Germanic formation (cf. Old Saxon ginog, Old Frisian enoch, Dutch genoeg, Old High German ginuog, German genug, Old Norse gnogr, Gothic ganohs).

This is a compound of ge- "with, together" (also a participial, collective, intensive, or perfective prefix) + root -nah, from PIE *nek- "reach, attain" (cf. Sanskrit asnoti "reaches," Hittite ninikzi "lifts, raises," Lithuanian nešti "to bear, carry," Latin nancisci "to obtain").

It is the most prominent among the surviving examples of Old English ge-, the equivalent of Latin com- and Modern German ge-, from PIE *kom- "beside, near, by, with" (see com-).

Meaning "moderately, fairly, tolerably" (good enough) was in Middle English. Understated sense of have had enough "have had too much" was in Old English (which relied heavily on double negatives and understatement). Colloquial 'nough said is attested from 1839.

Example Sentences forenough

"There's enough like that kind, though," interrupted Uncle Peter.

"That'll be enough for us, unless you are very hungry," said Robert.

There was not enough food in the valley for both the old inhabitants and the newcomers.

Often enough these innovations were not due to the cleverness of man's brain.

This was enough to make them traitors in the eyes of the Egyptians.

We got enough at Figtree Gully to satisfy them, although there is not a great supply.

If there was rain, there would be enough water here for a month or more.

Whenever he was fresh and full of spirits, he had enough to overflow upon her and every one.

So expect not any advocateship from me: I will not plead for you; and that's enough.

Banstead's blatant folly had been enough to set any man in a rage.

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