plenty
A more-than-adequate amountA more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.
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» 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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Examples
635 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
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A more-than-adequate amount; plenitude; a great deal.
We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty.
Fülle, Überfluss
изоби́лиеizobílije, оби́лиеobílije, доста́токdostátok
доста́токdostátok
- a full supply
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
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
plural: plentiesSynonyms
32 synonyms- a full supply:plentifulnessplenteousnessplenitudeplentitude
- (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent:batchdealflockgood dealgreat dealhatfulheaplot
Word family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.