plenty
PlentifulPlentiful.
» I like having plenty to do.
Ich habe gerne viel zu tun. — MUIRIEL
Мені подобається, коли у мене багато роботи. — deniko
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1 senses(Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard, obsolete)Plentiful.
Examples
642 sentencesI like having plenty to do.
Мені подобається, коли у мене багато роботи. — deniko
deIch habe gerne viel zu tun. — MUIRIEL
We have plenty to talk about.
У нас є багато про що поговорити. — deniko
ruУ нас полно тем для разговора. — odexed
I've had plenty to drink already.
Я вже і так забагато випив. — deniko
We still have plenty of time left.
У нас все ще багато часу. — deniko
ruУ нас ещё куча времени. — mrtaistoi
deWir haben mehr als genug Zeit übrig. — Yorwba
We have plenty of time to spare.
У нас багато вільного часу. — deniko
ruУ нас полно времени. — Ooneykcall
Origin
From Anglo-Norman plent(é) + -y, from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-From Anglo-Norman plent(é) + -y, from Middle English plentie, plentee, plente, from Anglo-Norman plenté, from Old French plenté, from Latin plēnitātem, accusative of plēnitās (“fullness”), from plenus (“complete, full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”), from which English full also comes, via Proto-Germanic. Related to the Latin derivatives replenish, plenary, complete, deplete, replete.
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Forms
more plenty, most plenty| Comparative | more plenty Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most plenty Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
12 patterns- have plenty of
- plenty of time
- got plenty of
- there are plenty
- plenty of food
- are plenty of
- plenty of money
- there's plenty of
- got plenty
- plenty of chances
- still have plenty
- plenty of friends
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.