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enough(adverb)BrE / ɪˈnʌf / NAmE / ɪˈnʌf / - to the necessary degree
- I hadn't trained enough for the game.
- This house isn't big enough for us.
- She's old enough to decide for herself.
- We didn't leave early enough.
- Tell them it's just not good enough.
- to an acceptable degree, but not to a very great degree
- He seemed pleasant enough to me.
- to a degree that you do not wish to get any greater
- I hope my job's safe. Life is hard enough as it is.
- to be strong or brave enough
- He was not man enough to face up to his responsibility.
- used to show that something is surprising
- Funnily enough, I said the same thing myself only yesterday.
- used to say that an idea or suggestion seems reasonable
- ‘We'll meet at 8.’ ‘Fair enough.’
- If you don't want to come, fair enough, but let Bill know.
- to achieve all that is wanted
- The new legislation is welcome but does not go far enough.
- Do these measures go far enough?
- Stop it now. The joke has gone far enough (= it has continued too long).
- quite probably
- She would be in bed by now, as like as not.
- used to say that something is so nearly true that the difference does not matter
- We've been here twenty years, near enough.
- certainly; in a way that cannot be denied
- You heard me right enough (= so don't pretend that you did not).
- used to say that something happened as expected
- I said he'd forget, and sure enough he did.
- ‘Stop,’ she said, ‘I can hear something.’ Sure enough, in the distance we could hear the sound of a car approaching.
Word Origin- Old English genōg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch genoeg and German genug.
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