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- enough ► DETERMINER & PRONOUN ▪ as much or as many as is necessary or desirable.► ADVERB 1) to the required degree or extent. 2) to a moderate degree.ORIGIN Old English.
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Enough — E*nough , adv. 1. In a degree or quantity that satisfies; to satisfaction; sufficiently. [1913 Webster] 2. Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very; as, he is ready enough to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Enough — E*nough , n. A sufficiency; a quantity which satisfies desire, is adequate to the want, or is equal to the power or ability; as, he had enough to do take care of himself. Enough is as good as a feast. [1913 Webster] And Esau said, I have enough,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Enough — E*nough ([ e]*n[u^]f ), a. [OE. inoh, inow, enogh, AS. gen[=o]h, gen[=o]g, a. & adv. (akin to OS. gin[=o]g, D. genoeg, OHG. ginoug, G. genug, Icel. gn[=o]gr, Sw. nog, Dan. nok, Goth. gan[=o]hs), fr. geneah it suffices (akin to Goth. ganah); pref … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
enough — e*nough , interj. An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
enough — index adequate, quorum, sufficiency Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Enough — Infobox Film name = Enough caption = Promotional film poster director = Michael Apted producer = Rob Cowan Irwin Winkler | writer = Nicholas Kazan starring = Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis, Dan Futterman, Fred Ward, Tessa Allen,… … Wikipedia
enough — adj., determiner, pronoun 1) enough for (that s enough for me) 2) enough to + inf. (it s enough to know that they are safe; we ve had enough excitement to last a lifetime) 3) enough of (enough of them) USAGE NOTE: The use of the preposition of is … Combinatory dictionary
enough — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English ynough, from Old English genōg (akin to Old High German ginuog enough), from ge (perfective prefix) + nōg; akin to Latin nancisci to get, Greek enenkein to carry more at co Date: before 12th century… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Enough — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel: Genug – Jeder hat eine Grenze Originaltitel: Enough Produktionsland: USA Erscheinungsjahr: 2002 Länge: 110 Minuten Originalsprache: Englisch … Deutsch Wikipedia
enough — See: GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE, SURE ENOUGH … Dictionary of American idioms
enough — See: GIVE ONE ENOUGH ROPE, AND HE WILL HANG HIMSELF, KNOW ENOUGH TO COME IN OUT OF THE RAIN, LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE, SURE ENOUGH … Dictionary of American idioms
