enough

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪˈnʌf/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈnʌf/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(i nuf′)

Collocations for "enough"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "enough" in context.

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enough

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adv
  1. [high, near, far] enough to [see, reach]
  2. (not) old enough to [drink, smoke, drive, vote]
  3. old enough to know better
  4. [strong, big, tall, fast, heavy, old, good] enough (to)
  5. looks good enough to eat
  6. is never good enough for you, is it?
  7. that was close enough (for me)
  8. haven't [eaten, slept, seen] enough
  9. have [seen, heard] enough
  10. it cannot be [stressed, said, stated] enough
adj
  1. (don't) have enough [money, food, time, space] for
  2. (didn't) get enough [sleep, to eat]
  3. enough [information, experience] to [decide, complete, learn]
pron
  1. [is there, do we have] enough?
  2. enough for [everyone, everybody, all of you]
  3. that's enough (for now)
additional examples
  1. (don't) have enough [money, food, time, space] for
  2. (didn't) get enough [sleep, to eat]
  3. enough to [last, pass, accept, know]
  4. [high, near, far] enough to [see, reach]
  5. (not) old enough to [drink, smoke, drive, vote]
  6. old enough to know better
  7. [strong, big, tall, fast, heavy, old, good] enough (to)
  8. looks good enough to eat
  9. is never good enough for you, is it?
  10. that was close enough (for me)
  11. enough [information, experience] to [decide, complete, learn]
  12. [not, not quite, never, more than, just about] enough
  13. enough is enough!
  14. enough (of this) already!
  15. I've had enough of [you, this, your lies]!
  16. haven't [eaten, slept, seen] enough
  17. have [seen, heard] enough
  18. it cannot be [stressed, said, stated] enough
  19. [is there, do we have] enough?
  20. enough for [everyone, everybody, all of you]
  21. that's enough (for now)
'enough' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
about - abreast - adequate - adventurous - already - amount - apology - appear - aside - authorization - backbone - ballast - barely - big - bold - bond - bounce - bright - busy - calm - capital - care - cash - chilly - clearly - clever - closet - clothing - comfortable - confusion - considerate - constitute - cope - courage - courageous - cunning - dangerous - daring - dart - date - daunting - digging - dim - dishwasher - diverse - done - dumb - durable - earn - elbow

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