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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishynogh, fromOld Englishġenōg(“enough”), fromProto-Germanic*ganōgaz(“enough”) (compareScotseneuch,West Frisiangenôch,Dutchgenoeg,Germangenug,Low German(ge)noog,Danishnok,Swedishnog,Icelandicnógur), from*ganuganą 'to suffice' (compareOld Englishġeneah), or from*ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe(“he has reached, attained”), perfective of*h₂neḱ-(“to reach”) (compareOld Irishtánaic(“he arrived”),Latinnancisci(“to get”),Albaniankënaq(“to please, satisfy”).).

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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enough

  1. Sufficient; all that isrequired,needed, orappropriate.
    1. Used before a noun in the manner of words likesome,a bit of, and so on.
      I've already hadenough coffee today.
    2. (archaic)Used after a noun.
      There is foodenough for us all.

Usage notes

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  • When used after a noun, thearticle is omitted, and it often describes an inherent adjectival quality of that noun rather than a tangible portion. Thus one hears:
 He isman enough for the job
 He isthe man enough for the job.
 He isa man enough for the job.

Descendants

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Translations

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sufficient

Adverb

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enough

  1. Sufficiently.
    Those pears aren't ripeenough for the children to eat (them).
    You've workedenough; rest for a bit.
    We don't have longenough nails.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner.[…] When you're wellenough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
    • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, inThe Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely largeenough for a fair-sized dog.
    • 1963,Margery Allingham, chapter 15, inThe China Governess: A Mystery, London:Chatto & Windus,→OCLC:
      ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dullenough![…] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’
  2. Fully; quite;used after adjectives toexpress slightaugmentation of thepositivedegree, and sometimesequivalent tovery.
    He is readyenough to accept the offer.
    • 1598–1599 (first performance),William Shakespeare, “Much Adoe about Nothing”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward] Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act II, scene i]:
      I know you wellenough; you are Signior Antonio.
    • 1910,Emerson Hough, chapter I, inThe Purchase Price: Or The Cause of Compromise, Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC:
      “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerousenough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  3. Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.
    Talking of Mr Smith, funnilyenough, I saw him just the other day.
    I left my camera on the train, but luckilyenough someone handed it in to lost property.

Usage notes

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  • As an adverb, in modern English,enough almost always follows the verb, adjective or adverb that it qualifies. In older language and certain dialects, cases where it precedes the modified word, e.g. "He was enough satisfied" or "I was not enough recompensed", may be seen.
  • The archaic formenow was remarked as early asSamuel Johnson to be used forplural nouns.

Translations

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sufficiently
used after certain adverbs to emphasise

Pronoun

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enough

  1. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
    I haveenough (of it) to keep me going.
    Enough of you are here to begin the class.
    Get some more plates. There aren’tenough yet.
    Notenough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
    I explainedenough for her to understand the issue: there wasn'tenough of an economic surplus.

Translations

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a sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc

Interjection

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enough!

  1. Stop! Don't do that any more!
    I'm sick of you complaining!Enough!

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stop!
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Noun

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enough (pluralenoughs)

  1. (rare, chiefly in theplural) An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
    • 1909, Edwin Balmer,Waylaid by Wireless: A Suspicion, a Warning, a Sporting Proposition, and a Transatlantic Pursuit, page29:
      And she was neither beautiful nor handsome, but just at the point halfway between which a girl of twenty-three reaches who inherits good features and healthful figure, and who has learned to dance well, ride well, study enough, golf enough, and has attained the thousand other "well andenoughs" which include talking well and listening enough, and allow a woman to be liked and loved with so little consciousness that she never suspects she is particularly liked at all.

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