Definition of "enough" in английский

determiner

1. Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

adverb

1. Sufficiently.

   • Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).
   • You've worked enough; rest for a bit.
   • We don't have long enough nails.

2. Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.

   • He is ready enough to accept the offer.

3. Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.

   • Talking of Mr Smith, funnily enough, I saw him just the other day.
   • I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.

pronoun

1. A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

   • I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
   • Enough of you are here to begin the class.
   • Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.
   • Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
   • I explained enough for her to understand the issue: there wasn't enough of an economic surplus.

interjection

1. Stop! Don't do that any more!

   • I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!

noun

1. (rare, chiefly in the plural) An instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.