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Definition of enough determiner from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

enough

determiner

NAmE//ɪˈnʌf//

1 used with plural or uncountable nouns to mean “as many or as much as someone needs or wants” synonym sufficient Have you made enough copies? Is there enough room for me? I didn't have enough clothes to last a week. Don't ask me to do it. I have enough problems as it is.

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2(old-fashioned) There was food enough for all. Although enough after a noun now sounds old-fashioned, time enough is still fairly common:There'll be time enough to relax when you've finished your work.

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enough pronoun
enough adverb
enough said
fair enough
like enough
sure enough
enough is enough
enough already
go far enough
funnily enough
give somebody enough rope
old enough to know better
leave/let well enough alone
enough (something) to choke a horse
oddly, strangely, curiously, etc. enough
have had enough (of something/somebody)
old enough to be somebody's father/mother
have enough/a lot/too much on your plate
be man enough (to do something/for something)

Idioms

enough said
fair enough
like enough
sure enough
enough is enough
enough already
go far enough
funnily enough
give somebody enough rope
old enough to know better
leave/let well enough alone
enough (something) to choke a horse
oddly, strangely, curiously, etc. enough
have had enough (of something/somebody)
old enough to be somebody's father/mother
have enough/a lot/too much on your plate
be man enough (to do something/for something)

Nearby words

enormous adjective
enormously adverb
enough determiner
enough pronoun
enough adverb