enough
♦♦♦ enough /ɪn'ʌf/
1 [DET] DET n-uncount/pl-n
Enough means as much as you need or as much as is necessary.
They had enough cash for a one-way ticket...
There aren't enough tents to shelter them all.
[ADV] adj/adv ADV, ADV after v, oft ADV to-inf
Enough is also an adverb.
I was old enough to work and earn money...
Do you believe that sentences for criminals are tough enough at present?...
She graduated with high enough marks to apply for university.
[PRON]
Enough is also a pronoun.
Although the UK says efforts are being made, they are not doing enough.
[QUANT] QUANT of def-n
Enough is also a quantifier.
All parents worry about whether their child is getting enough of the right foods.
[ADJ] n ADJ
Enough is also an adjective.
It was downright panic-the frozen expressions on the faces of the actors was proof enough of that.
2 [PRON]
If you say that something is enough, 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 enough...
I think I have said enough...
You've got enough to think about for the moment.
[QUANT] QUANT of def-n
Enough is also a quantifier.
Ann had heard enough of this...
[DET] DET pl-n/n-uncount
Enough is also a determiner.
I've had enough problems with the police, I don't need this...
Would you shut up, please! I'm having enough trouble with these children!
[ADV] adj ADV
Enough is also an adverb.
I'm serious, things are difficult enough as they are.
3 [ADV] adj/adv ADV
You can use enough to say that something is the case to a moderate or fairly large degree.
Winter is a common enough German surname...
The rest of the evening passed pleasantly enough.
4 [ADV] adv ADV with cl
You use enough in expressions such as strangely enough and interestingly enough to indicate that you think a fact is strange or interesting.
Strangely enough, the last thing he thought of was his beloved Tanya...
5 [PHRASE] V inflects, oft PHR of n
If you say that you have had enough, you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop.
I had had enough of other people for one night.
6
fair enough: see fair
sure enough: see sure
1 [DET] DET n-uncount/pl-n
Enough means as much as you need or as much as is necessary.
They had enough cash for a one-way ticket...
There aren't enough tents to shelter them all.
[ADV] adj/adv ADV, ADV after v, oft ADV to-inf
Enough is also an adverb.
I was old enough to work and earn money...
Do you believe that sentences for criminals are tough enough at present?...
She graduated with high enough marks to apply for university.
[PRON]
Enough is also a pronoun.
Although the UK says efforts are being made, they are not doing enough.
[QUANT] QUANT of def-n
Enough is also a quantifier.
All parents worry about whether their child is getting enough of the right foods.
[ADJ] n ADJ
Enough is also an adjective.
It was downright panic-the frozen expressions on the faces of the actors was proof enough of that.
2 [PRON]
If you say that something is enough, 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 enough...
I think I have said enough...
You've got enough to think about for the moment.
[QUANT] QUANT of def-n
Enough is also a quantifier.
Ann had heard enough of this...
[DET] DET pl-n/n-uncount
Enough is also a determiner.
I've had enough problems with the police, I don't need this...
Would you shut up, please! I'm having enough trouble with these children!
[ADV] adj ADV
Enough is also an adverb.
I'm serious, things are difficult enough as they are.
3 [ADV] adj/adv ADV
You can use enough to say that something is the case to a moderate or fairly large degree.
Winter is a common enough German surname...
The rest of the evening passed pleasantly enough.
4 [ADV] adv ADV with cl
You use enough in expressions such as strangely enough and interestingly enough to indicate that you think a fact is strange or interesting.
Strangely enough, the last thing he thought of was his beloved Tanya...
5 [PHRASE] V inflects, oft PHR of n
If you say that you have had enough, you mean that you are unhappy with a situation and you want it to stop.
I had had enough of other people for one night.
6
fair enough: see fair
sure enough: see sure