Meaning

2 senses
  1. (Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard)Much, enough

    There'll be plenty time later for that

  2. (Canada, US, colloquial, nonstandard)Many

    Get a manicure. Plenty men do it.

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

  2. We have plenty to talk about.

    У нас є багато про що поговорити. — deniko

    ruУ нас полно тем для разговора. — odexed

  3. I've had plenty to drink already.

    Я вже і так забагато випив. — deniko

  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

  5. 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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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

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