enough

About 161.86 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. determiner Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.

   I've already had enough coffee today.

2. determiner Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.

   I've already had enough coffee today.

3. determiner Used after a noun.

   There is food enough for us all.

4. adverb Sufficiently.

   Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).

5. adverb 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.

6. adverb 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.

7. pronoun A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

   I have enough (of it) to keep me going.

8. interjection Stop! Don't do that any more! It is too much!

   I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!

Similar words

sufficient sufficiency adequate decent plenty sufficiently satisfactory satisfactorily passably adequately

Often followed by

to for of in that money and time so