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Webster 1913 Edition
enough
e-nough′
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erj.
An exclamation denoting sufficiency, being a shortened form of it is enough.
Webster 1828 Edition
Enough
ENOUGH'
,Adj.
That satisfies desire, or gives content; that may answer the purpose; that is adequate to the wants.
She said, we have straw and provender enough. Gen.24.
How many hired servants of my father have bread enough, and to spare. Luke 15.
[Note. This word, in vulgar language, is sometimes placed before its noun, like most other adjectives. But in elegant discourse or composition, it always follows the noun, to which it refers; as, bread enough; money enough.]
ENOUGH'
,Noun.
And Esau said, I have enough, my brother. Gen.33.
Israel said, it is enough; Joseph is yet alive. Gen.45.
1.
That which is equal to the powers or abilities. He had enough to do to take care of himself.ENOUGH'
,adv.
The land, behold, it is large enough for them. Gen.34.
Ye have dwelt long enough in this mount. Deut.1.
1.
Fully; quite; denoting a slight augmentation of the positive degree. He is ready enough to embrace the offer. It is pleasure enough to consider the different notions of different men respecting the same thing.2.
Sometimes it denotes diminution, delicately expressing rather less than is desired; such a quantity or degree as commands acquiescence, rather than full satisfaction. The song or the performance is well enough.3.
An exclamation denoting sufficiency. Enough, enough, I'll hear no more.Definition 2024
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Determiner
enough
- Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
- I've already had enough coffee today.
- Are you man enough to fight me?
- Bible, Gospel of Luke xv. 17
- How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
- 1918, W. B. Maxwell, chapter 16, in The Mirror and the Lamp:
- 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 large enough for a fair-sized dog.
Translations
sufficient
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Adverb
enough
- Sufficiently.
- I cannot run fast enough to catch up to them.
- 1913, Joseph C. Lincoln, chapter 5, in Mr. Pratt's Patients:
- 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 well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess:
- ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] 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?’
- Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
- He is ready enough to accept the offer.
- William Shakespeare (c.1564–1616)
- I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
- 1915, Emerson Hough, The Purchase Price, chapterI:
- “[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough 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.”
Usage notes
- As an adverb, enough always follows the verb it qualifies.
Translations
sufficiently
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Pronoun
enough
- A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
- I have enough to keep me going.
Translations
a sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc
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Interjection
Enough!
- stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
- Enough!
Translations
stop!
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