ENOUGH


Meaning of ENOUGH in English

/i nuf"/ , adj.

1. adequate for the want or need; sufficient for the purpose or to satisfy desire: enough water; noise enough to wake the dead.

pron.

2. an adequate quantity or number; sufficiency.

adv.

3. in a quantity or degree that answers a purpose or satisfies a need or desire; sufficiently.

4. fully or quite: ready enough.

interj.

5. (used to express impatience or exasperation): Enough! I heard you the first time.

[ bef. 900; ME enogh, OE genoh; c. G genug, Goth ganohs, ON nogr; akin to OE geneah it suffices, Skt nasati (he) reaches ]

Syn. 1. ample. 3. adequately, amply, reasonably.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .