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- Regno Unito//ɪˈnʌf//
- Stati Uniti//ɪˈnʌf//
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.
determinante
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Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.
I've already had enough coffee today.
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arcaicoSufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used after a noun.
There is food enough for us all.
How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
But it wasn’t ransom enough. His captors accepted it all, But didn’t let go of the king.
Etimologia
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”)).
avverbio
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Sufficiently.
Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).
You've worked enough; rest for a bit.
We don't have long enough nails.
Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.
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Fully; quite; used after adjectives to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very.
He is ready enough to accept the offer.
I know you well enough; you are Signior Antonio.
“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
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Used after certain adverbs to emphasise that a quality is notable, unexpected, etc.
Talking of Mr Smith, funnily enough, I saw him just the other day.
I left my camera on the train, but luckily enough someone handed it in to lost property.
pronome
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A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
I have enough (of it) to keep me going.
Enough of you are here to begin the class.
Get some more plates. There aren’t enough yet.
Not enough is known yet about the causes of the pandemic.
interiezione
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Stop! Don't do that any more! It is too much!
Near-synonyms: please, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU
I'm sick of you complaining! Enough!
sostantivo
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raroAn instance of being sufficient, or of doing something sufficiently.
Forme
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- enoughs
enough · Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate. Used before a noun in the manner of words like some, a bit of, and so on.
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