- 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.
- They've been in this business long enough to know what they're doing.
- 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.
- Things are bad enough without you having a meltdown.
Word OriginOld English genōg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch genoeg and German genug.
Idioms
See enough in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee enough in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe man enough (to do something/for something)
- to be strong or brave enough
- He was not man enough to face up to his responsibility.
curiously, funnily, oddly, strangely, etc. enough
- used to show that something is surprising
- Funnily enough, I said the same thing myself only yesterday.
fair enough
- (informal, especially British English) 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.
go far enough
- (used in questions and negative sentences) to achieve all that is wanted
- The new legislation is welcome but does not go far enough.
- Do these measures go far enough?
- (disapproving) Stop it now. The joke has gone far enough (= it has continued too long).
like enough
(also (as) like as not, most/very like)
- (old-fashioned) quite probably
- She would be in bed by now, like enough.
near enough
- (British English, informal) used to say that something is so nearly true that the difference does not matter
- We've been here twenty years, near enough.
right enough
- (informal) certainly; in a way that cannot be denied
- You heard me right enough (= so don't pretend that you did not).
sure enough
- 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.
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