enough

enough meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

Examples of enough in a sentence

• We don't have long enough nails.
• Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.
• Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
• I explained enough for her to understand the issue: there wasn't enough of an economic surplus.
• It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog.1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XVI, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
• ‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough! […] What about the kid's clothes?1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 15, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

All 40 example sentences with enough

Synonyms of enough

• that's enough
• enough already
• no more
• basta
• please
• cut it out
• knock it off
• shut up
• STFU

All synonyms of enough

Forms of enough

Origin of enough

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”)).

Words formed from enough

• big and ugly enough
• big enough and ugly enough
• can't get enough
• close enough
• close enough for government work
• close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades
• cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey
• crazy enough to work
• enough already
• enough is as good as a feast
• enough is enough
• enough is too much
• enoughly
• enoughness
• enough said
• enough sense to pound sand into a rathole
• enough to choke a horse
• enough to choke a snake
• enough to go around
• enough to make a cat laugh
• enough to make a grown man cry
• enough to make the angels weep
• enough to put in one's eye
• fair enough
• getting enough
• given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow
• give one enough rope
• give someone enough rope
• give someone enough rope and they'll hang themself
• good enough
• good enough for government work
• good enough for jazz
• good enough to eat
• have had enough
• I can't thank you enough
• just enough
• leave well enough alone
• let well enough alone
• mad enough to chew nails
• man enough
• not enough room to swing a cat
• not enough to hang a dog on
• old enough to vote
• perfect is the enemy of good enough
• right enough
• soon enough
• strong enough to trot a mouse on
• sure-enough
• sure enough
• that's enough
• throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick
• time enough
• tongue long enough to cut one's throat
• too many chiefs and not enough indians
• way enough
• woman enough

Phrases with enough

• weigh enough
• couldn't get enough
• gave one enough rope
• given one enough rope
• gives one enough rope
• giving one enough rope
• lets well enough alone
• letting well enough alone
• old enough to bleed, old enough to breed
• tongue long enough to cut one's own throat
• if you go far enough left, you get your guns back
• throw enough mud at the wall, some of it will stick

Words that rhyme with enough

• puff
• stuff
• rough
• buff
• fluff
• tough
• huff
• ruff
• duff
• snuff
• hough
• muff

Questions about enough

What does enough mean?

Enough means used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.

What is enough in Hindi?

Enough in Hindi is पर्याप्त (paryāpt), काफ़ी (kāfī), बस (bas). See Enough meaning in Hindi.

How do you use enough in a sentence?

We don't have long enough nails.

What part of speech is enough?

Enough can be a determiner, an adverb, a pronoun or an interjection.

How do you pronounce enough?

Enough is pronounced /ɪˈnʌf/ (UK).