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time enough

time enough adverb: sufficiently soon; in time.

Adverb

time enough (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Sufficiently soon; in time.
    • […] he made Maracini advance with his men towards Oder, to hinder Orang hells further proceedings, or his joyning with Bannier, which if it had happened time enough, that Elector would have had ſomewhat elſe to doe, then to have ſitten down before a ſtrong Towne which had a prettie Army in the...1648, Galliazzo Gualdo Priorato, translated by Henry [Carey, 2nd] Earle of Monmouth, An History of the Late Warres and Other State Affaires of the Best Part of Christendom, Beginning with the King of...
    • Frances, Duchess of Richmond and Lenor, deposeth, / That she, the deponent, was not at the queen's labour, because she did not know it time enough, but as soon as she did, she made all the haste she could […]1812, Cobbett's Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings

Questions about time enough

What does time enough mean?
Time enough means sufficiently soon; in time.
What part of speech is time enough?
Time enough is an adverb.

Words near time enough in the dictionary

  1. time elapsed counter
  2. time elapsed counters
  3. time element
  4. time element insurance
  5. time elements
  6. time enough
  7. time evolution
  8. time evolutions
  9. time exposure
  10. time exposures
  11. time factor

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