enough

CEFRA1

/ɪˈnʌf/

determiner · adverb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    determiner

    As much or as many as needed.

  2. 02

    determiner

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • I hadn't trained enough for the game.

  • I don't speak French well enough!

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /i-/

Deep Dive

determiner

Extra meanings

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

  2. Used after a noun.

adverb

Extra meaning

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

More examples

In context

  • There is food enough for us all.

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

  • You're not fast enough.

Synonyms

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Origin

determiner

From Middle English ynogh, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German (ge)noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ganuganą 'to suffice' (compare Old English ġeneah), or from *ga- + an unattested *nōgaz, probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₂nó(n)ḱe (“he has reached, attained”), perfective of *h₂neḱ- (“to reach”) (compare Old Irish tánaic (“he arrived”), Latin nancisci (“to get”), Albanian kënaq (“to please, satisfy”)).