enough
adjective
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Definition of enough
(Entry 1 of 3)
: occurring in such quantity, quality, or scope as to fully meet demands, needs, or expectations
enough food for everyone
enough
adverbDefinition of enough (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: in or to a degree or quantity that satisfies or that is sufficient or necessary for satisfaction : sufficiently
3
: in a tolerable degree
she sang well enough
enough
pronounDefinition of enough (Entry 3 of 3)
: a sufficient number, quantity, or amount
enough were present to constitute a quorum had enough of their foolishness
—often used interjectionally
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Synonyms & Antonyms for enough
Synonyms: Adverb
adequately, satisfactorily, sufficiently, suitably
Antonyms: Adverb
inadequately, insufficiently, unsatisfactorily
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Examples of enough in a Sentence
Adjective
Have you got enough money? That's enough talk for now; let's get started. There's enough food for everyone.Adverb
I couldn't run fast enough to catch up with her. She's old enough to know better. Are you rich enough to retire? That's good enough for me. Oddly enough, they've never actually met. As if the crowds aren't bad enough, the parking situation is terrible. We can do it if they help enough.Pronoun
Have you had enough to eat? He hasn't had much Spanish, but he knows enough to get by. The crowds are enough of a problem as it is, without having to worry about parking as well! It's enough to drive you crazy!
Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective
As a result, as millennials clamor for starter homes there are not enough to go around, and prices for affordable homes have shot up at a much faster rate than the rest of the market. — R.a. Schuetz, Houston Chronicle, "Prices for starter homes rise more steeply than high-end," 29 Aug. 2019 Simply being ambitious for success will not be enough either. — K.n.c., The Economist, "Entrepreneurial leaders are needed for a decentralised world," 29 Aug. 2019 That's enough for an entire household to fill up glasses with drinking water, cook dinner, and take a shower each day. — Courtney Linder, Popular Mechanics, "How This Harvester Literally Makes Water Out of Thin Air," 29 Aug. 2019 The Bulldogs only had four participants in the junior-senior boys race, which was not enough for a team score. — Joe Naiman, Ramona Sentinel, "Girls win Vaquero Stampede junior-senior cross-country race," 28 Aug. 2019 If needed, the teams have enough food and supplies to remain active on location for one and two weeks. — Johnny Diaz, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida firefighters heading to Caribbean for Tropical Storm Dorian," 27 Aug. 2019 Up Not sure there’s a better example of a program on the uptick — the win totals over the past five years are evidence enough (below). — Jon Wilner, The Denver Post, "Pac-12 football preview: Road schedule, new quarterback pose challenges for Washington State," 27 Aug. 2019 Just knowing this is enough to tell us that perceptual experience cannot be a comprehensive representation of an external objective world. — Anil K. Seth, Scientific American, "The Neuroscience of Reality," 27 Aug. 2019 That’s enough for some, but the MTV VMAs are in a category all its own. — Glamour, "Every Single Look From the 2019 MTV VMAs Red Carpet," 26 Aug. 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb
That approach yielded a few successes, but not enough to significantly woo cord-cutting viewers away from the streaming platforms. — oregonlive, "Fall TV 2019 highlights: ‘Stumptown,’ ‘Country Music,’ and more shows worth checking out," 31 Aug. 2019 There are not nearly enough authentic, evolving source relationships being made with the on-the-ground community members who constitute the five million Natives living in the United States and the sovereign nations within it. — Nick Martin, The New Republic, "Who Gets to Say If Warren’s Apology to Cherokee Nation Is Enough?," 30 Aug. 2019 At the same time, there’s a lot of high-speed traffic and not enough done to protect pedestrians. — Heather Knight, SFChronicle.com, "Deaths on SF’s streets are up. Traffic enforcement is down. ‘It’s hard to believe these aren’t related’," 30 Aug. 2019 If that’s not enough of a sell, throw in an office-wide lockdown that screws with all of the above. — Ew Staff, EW.com, "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance," 30 Aug. 2019 There are also some ornate subplots -- including a status-conscious brother-sister tandem upset about their new neighbor -- but not enough of it coalesces over the course of the eight episodes. — Brian Lowry, CNN, "'The Dark Crystal' and 'Carnival Row' fantasy series never take off," 29 Aug. 2019 Not everyone is sure that today’s industrialized, globalized societies will be around long enough to define a new geological epoch. — Ben Marwick, The Conversation, "Surveying archaeologists across the globe reveals deeper and more widespread roots of the human age, the Anthropocene," 29 Aug. 2019 Most reformist prosecutors have not been in office long enough to tell. — The Economist, "Real criminal-justice reform is local, and not easy," 29 Aug. 2019 For smaller farmers across California, like almond farmer Dale Edson, that may not be soon enough. — Gabrielle Canon, USA TODAY, "In California, Trump's trade war threatens permanent damage to some agriculture markets," 27 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'enough.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for enough
enough
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of enough
(Entry 1 of 3)
: equal to what is needed
enough
adverbEnglish Language Learners Definition of enough (Entry 2 of 3)
: in the amount needed : to the necessary degree
: to a degree that is not very high or very low : to a reasonable extent