ENOUGH


Meaning of ENOUGH in English

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 ~ cash for a one-way ticket...

There aren’t ~ tents to shelter them all.

DET: DET n-uncount/pl-n

Enough is also an adverb.

I was old ~ to work and earn money...

Do you believe that sentences for criminals are tough ~ at present?...

She graduated with high ~ marks to apply for university.

ADV: adj/adv ADV, ADV after v, oft ADV to-inf

Enough is also a pronoun.

Although the UK says efforts are being made, they are not doing ~.

PRON

Enough is also a quantifier.

All parents worry about whether their child is getting ~ of the right foods.

QUANT: QUANT of def-n

Enough is also an adjective.

It was downright panic–the frozen expressions on the faces of the actors was proof ~ of that.

ADJ: n ADJ

2.

If you say that something is ~, 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 ~...

I think I have said ~...

You’ve got ~ to think about for the moment.

PRON

Enough is also a quantifier.

Ann had heard ~ of this...

QUANT: QUANT of def-n

Enough is also a determiner.

I’ve had ~ problems with the police, I don’t need this...

Would you shut up, please! I’m having ~ trouble with these children!

DET: DET pl-n/n-uncount

Enough is also an adverb.

I’m serious, things are difficult ~ as they are.

ADV: adj ADV

3.

You can use ~ to say that something is the case to a moderate or fairly large degree.

Winter is a common ~ German surname...

The rest of the evening passed pleasantly ~.

ADV: adj/adv ADV

4.

You use ~ in expressions such as strangely ~ and interestingly ~ to indicate that you think a fact is strange or interesting.

Strangely ~, the last thing he thought of was his beloved Tanya...

ADV: adv ADV with cl

5.

If you say that you have had ~, you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop.

I had had ~ of other people for one night.

PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR of n

6.

fair ~: see fair

sure ~: see sure

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