Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Canada, US, not comparable)More than sufficiently.

    This office is plenty big enough for our needs.

    мно́гоmnógo, доста́точноdostátočno, предоста́точноpredostátočno

    бага́тоbaháto, доста́тньоdostátnʹo

  2. (Canada, US, colloquial, not comparable)Used as an intensifier, very.

    She was plenty mad at him.

More definitions
  • as much as necessary

Examples

642 sentences

  1. I like having plenty to do.

    Мені подобається, коли у мене багато роботи. — deniko

    deIch habe gerne viel zu tun. — MUIRIEL

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  2. We have plenty to talk about.

    У нас є багато про що поговорити. — deniko

    ruУ нас полно тем для разговора. — odexed

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  3. I've had plenty to drink already.

    Я вже і так забагато випив. — deniko

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  4. 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

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  5. We have plenty of time to spare.

    У нас багато вільного часу. — deniko

    ruУ нас полно времени. — Ooneykcall

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
more than sufficiently or very:
Русский
By meaning 1
more than sufficiently or very:

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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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

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 dictionary
plebeianpledgeplentifulplesiosaurplethoraplexiglasspliable

Dictionary 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.

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