transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnʌf ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
Enough means as much as you need or as much as is necessary.
They had enough cash for a one-way ticket...
There aren’t enough tents to shelter them all.
DET : DET n-uncount / pl-n
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Enough is also an adverb.
I was old enough to work and earn money...
Do you believe that sentences for criminals are tough enough at present?...
She graduated with high enough marks to apply for university.
ADV : adj / adv ADV , ADV after v , oft ADV to-inf
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Enough is also a pronoun.
Although the UK says efforts are being made, they are not doing enough.
PRON
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Enough is also a quantifier.
All parents worry about whether their child is getting enough of the right foods.
QUANT : QUANT of def-n
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Enough is also an adjective.
It was downright panic–the frozen expressions on the faces of the actors was proof enough of that.
ADJ : n ADJ
2.
If you say that something is enough , you mean that you do not want it to continue any longer or get any worse.
I met him only the once, and that was enough...
I think I have said enough...
You’ve got enough to think about for the moment.
PRON
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Enough is also a quantifier.
Ann had heard enough of this...
QUANT : QUANT of def-n
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Enough is also a determiner.
I’ve had enough problems with the police, I don’t need this...
Would you shut up, please! I’m having enough trouble with these children!
DET : DET pl-n / n-uncount
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Enough is also an adverb.
I’m serious, things are difficult enough as they are.
ADV : adj ADV
3.
You can use enough to say that something is the case to a moderate or fairly large degree.
Winter is a common enough German surname...
The rest of the evening passed pleasantly enough.
ADV : adj / adv ADV
4.
You use enough in expressions such as strangely enough and interestingly enough to indicate that you think a fact is strange or interesting.
Strangely enough, the last thing he thought of was his beloved Tanya...
ADV : adv ADV with cl
5.
If you say that you have had enough , you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop.
I had had enough of other people for one night.
PHRASE : V inflects , oft PHR of n
6.
fair enough: see fair
sure enough: see sure