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
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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
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Enough is also a pronoun.
Although the UK says efforts are being made, they are not doing ~.
PRON
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Enough is also a quantifier.
All parents worry about whether their child is getting ~ 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 ~ 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
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Enough is also a quantifier.
Ann had heard ~ of this...
QUANT: QUANT of def-n
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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
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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