Significato di plenty in inglese

plenty

pronoun, noun, adverb

/ˈplen.ti/ us

/ˈplen.t̬i/

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(the state of having) enough or more than enough, or a large amount:

"Would you like some more wine?" "No thanks, I've had plenty."

Don't grab at the balloons, children - there are plenty for everyone.

We've got plenty of time before we need to leave for the airport.

They've always had plenty of money.

There's plenty to do here.

US informal This car cost me plenty (= a lot of money).

There's plenty more beer in the fridge.

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If you have a fever you should drink plenty of fluids.
Eat healthily and take plenty of exercise.
"There's plenty more cake if you'd like another piece." "I don't mind if I do."
There's plenty of cupboard space in the kitchen for all your pots and pans.
What's the hurry? We've got plenty of time.

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Plenty and abundant

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Too much and unnecessary

Grammatica

Lots, a lot, plenty

We use lots, a lot and plenty in informal styles to talk about quantities, amounts and degree. Lots and a lot are similar in meaning to much and many. Plenty means ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’. Lots is even more informal than a lot: …

Plenty

We use plenty as a pronoun to mean ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’: …

Plenty as a pronoun

We use plenty as a pronoun to mean ‘enough’ or ‘more than enough’: …

Plenty of as a quantifier

We use plenty of as a quantifier before both countable and uncountable nouns to mean ‘a lot’, ‘a large quantity’: …

Plenty: typical errors

Take care to spell plenty correctly: not ‘planty’. …

Espressione idiomatica

be plenty more where someone/something came from

(Definizione di plenty dal Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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plenty

noun [ U ]

/ˈplen·ti/

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an amount or supply that is enough or more than enough, or a large number or amount:

This car has plenty of power.

I didn’t eat them all – there’s plenty left for you.

infml This car cost me plenty (= a lot of money).

Have another sandwich – there’s plenty more where that came from (= a lot more available).

plentiful

adjective us

/ˈplen·tɪ·fəl/

Strawberries are in plentiful supply this year.

plenty

adverb [ not gradable ] us

/ˈplen·ti/

infml

He was plenty mad.

(Definizione di plenty dal Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Esempi di plenty

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Men had plenty of "people-to-people" interaction with women while condemning them to second-class citizenship.

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Sheep-rearing was cheap because commons and wastes were plentiful, and because it provided the shepherd with plenty of free time.

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There are plenty of peoples across the world who do not believe that humans can inflict harm by non-physical means.

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Because of their important political effects, there has been plenty of research on the antecedents of political predispositions.

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As to the science, there is plenty here, and drawn from an impressive array of subjects (the reference list runs to nearly 80 pages).

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The book is attractively presented with plenty of useful illustrations, including a section in colour.

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He looked forward to ' ' a new world blessed with plenty, purified with justice, and sweetened with brotherly kindness.

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As with any other piece of technology, there are plenty of applications that do not require a multiagent approach.

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There was plenty about doors and getting in and getting out, but no details about what happened in that room.

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All chapters are, however, worth reading, each one offering the reader plenty to think about.

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They observe that it is essential to give children plenty of time to imitate before jumping in to help.

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As with all the following chapters, this one has plenty of interesting examples and even more exercises.

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Plenty of time was allowed after the presentation of the paired papers providing the opportunity for delegates to actively respond to the discussion.

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The book provides plenty of examples of the continuing influence of the military in politics.

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Every individual entity is beautiful, perhaps - but that leaves ugliness in plenty to be transformed or salvaged.

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