What is "enough" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does enough mean in English? Meaning of enough definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "enough" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "enough": an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

Noun

  • Meaning: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
  • Example: enough is as good as a feast there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country
  • Synonyms: enough sufficiency
  • Hyponyms: fill
  • Hypernyms: relative quantity
  • Hyphenation: e‧nough

    Meaning of "enough": sufficient for the purpose

    Adjective

  • Meaning: sufficient for the purpose
  • Example: an adequate income the food was adequate a decent wage enough food food enough
  • Synonyms: adequate decent enough
  • Similar: sufficient
  • Hyphenation: e‧nough

    Meaning of "enough": as much as necessary

    Adverb

  • Meaning: as much as necessary
  • Example: Have I eaten enough? I've had plenty, thanks
  • Synonyms: enough plenty
  • Hyphenation: e‧nough

    Synonyms:

    suitable, ample, sufficient, full, adequate, abundant, acceptable, bountiful, comfortable, competent, complete, copious, decent, fed up, last straw, lavish, plentiful, replete, satisfactory, satisfying, unlimited, bounteous, plenteous, bellyful, all right already, enough already, had it, sick and tired of, sufficing, up to here, abundantly, amply, barely, fairly, moderately, rather, reasonably, satisfactorily, so-so, sufficiently, acceptably, admissibly, averagely, commensurately, decently, passably, proportionately, tolerably, abundance, plenitude, adequacy, sufficiency, competence, sufficient, ampleness, ample supply, right amount,

    Antonyms:

    unsuitable, insufficient, inadequate, lacking, inadequately, inadequacy, insufficiency,

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    enough in English: enough
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