enough

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   as much as necessary

   Have I eaten enough?

2. 2
   noun

   an adequate quantity

   a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose

3. 3
   det

   Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.

   I've already had enough coffee today.

4. 4
   adv

   Sufficiently.

   Those pears aren't ripe enough for the children to eat (them).

5. 5
   adv

   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.

6. 6
   adv

   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.

7. 7
   pron

   A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.

   I have enough (of it) to keep me going.

8. 8
   intj

   Stop! Don't do that any more!

   Near-synonyms: please, cut it out, knock it off, shut up, STFU

Etymology

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”).).