enough
An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficientlyAn instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
» I have enough time for that.
У меня на это достаточно времени.
У мене для цього достатнього часу.
Meaning
1 senses(in the plural, rare)An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
- an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
Examples
7129 sentencesI have enough time for that.
У мене для цього достатнього часу.
ruУ меня на это достаточно времени.
This beer is not cold enough.
Це пиво недостатньо холодне.
ruЭто пиво недостаточно холодное.
She played the piano well enough.
Вона непогано грала на піаніно.
ruОна неплохо играла на пианино.
deSie spielte recht gut Klavier.
Is there enough food for everyone?
Для всіх вистачає їжі?
ruЕды всем достаточно?
deGibt es dort genügend Nahrung für alle?
She isn't good enough for him.
Вона для нього недостатньо добра.
ruОна для него недостаточно хороша.
deSie ist nicht gut genug für ihn.
Origin
From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgazFrom Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)).
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Forms
plural: enoughsSynonyms
1 synonyms- an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose:sufficiency
Word family
17 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- have enough money
- enough money to
- enough money
- have enough time
- enough time to
- didn't have enough
- old enough to
- enough time
- old enough
- is old enough
- enough to do
- stupid enough to