enough
US: /iˈnəf/, /ɪˈnəf/
UK: /ɪnˈʌf/
UK: /ɪnˈʌf/
English Vietnamese dictionary
enough /i'nʌf/
- tính từ
- đủ, đủ dùng
- enough rice: đủ gạo, đủ cơm
- đủ, đủ dùng
- danh từ
- sự đủ dùng, số đủ dùng, lượng đủ dùng
- to have enough of everything: mọi thứ có đủ dùng
- to cry enough
- chịu thua, xin hàng
- enough of this cheek!
- hỗn vừa chứ!
- to have enough of somebody
- chán ngấy ai
- more than enough
- quá đủ
- sự đủ dùng, số đủ dùng, lượng đủ dùng
- phó từ
- đủ, khá
- to be warm enough: đủ ấm
- to sing well enough: hát khá hay
- you know well enough what I mean: anh biết khá rõ tôi muốn nói gì chứ
- đủ, khá
Advanced English dictionary
determiner, pronoun, adverb
determiner used before plural or uncountable nouns to mean 'as many or as much as sb needs or wants'
Synonym: SUFFICIENT
Have you made enough copies? + Is there enough room for me? + I didn't have enough clothes to last a week. + Don't ask me to do it. I've got enough problems as it is. + (old-fashioned) There was food enough for all.
Help Note: Although enough after a noun now sounds old-fashioned, time enough is still fairly common: There'll be time enough to relax when you've finished your work.
pronoun as many or as much as sb needs or wants: Six bottles should be enough. + Have you had enough (= to eat)? + If enough of you are interested, we'll organize a trip to the theatre. + There was nowhere near enough for everybody. + We've nearly run out of paper. Do you think there's enough for today?
Idioms: enough is enough (saying) used when you think that sth should not continue any longer
enough said used to say that you understand a situation and there is no need to say any more: 'He's a politician, remember.' 'Enough said.'
have had enough (of sth/sb) used when sth/sb is annoying you and you no longer want to do, have or see it or them: I've had enough of driving the kids around.
+ adverb (used after verbs, adjectives and adverbs)
1 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.
2 to a satisfactory degree, but not to a very great degree: He seemed pleasant enough to me.
3 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.
Idioms: curiously, funnily, oddly, strangely, etc. enough used to show that sth is surprising: Funnily enough, I said the same thing myself only yesterday.
more at FAR adv., FAIR adj., LIKE adv., MAN n., NEAR adv., RIGHT adj., SURE adv.
WHICH WORD?
enough / adequate / sufficient / satisfactory / acceptable / will do
Enough is the usual word that you use to say that you have as much as you need of something: Five copies should be enough. + Do you have enough money? + We haven't got enough time.
Adequate and sufficient have the same meaning but are very formal. In informal English you can use will do: Can you lend me some money? Ten pounds will do.
If you are talking about the quality of something, you can say that it is good enough: Is the light good enough to take photos? In formal language you can also say that it is adequate, satisfactory or acceptable. These words on their own may suggest that something is only just good enough and could be better. Compare:
This piece of work is satisfactory and This piece of work is very satisfactory.
In informal English you can use will do, but it can also mean 'only just': Will this do? + It isn't very good but it'll do.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 sufficient, adequate, ample:
There isn't enough food to go round.
n.
2 sufficiency, adequacy, ample supply, plenty:
I have enough for myself.
adv.
3 sufficiently, adequately, reasonably, satisfactorily, tolerably, passably:
Your word is good enough for me.
Concise English dictionary
ɪ'nʌf
noun
+an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
adj.
+enough to meet a purpose
adv.
+as much as necessary
