plenty

UK: /ˈplɛnti/ US: /ˈplɛnti/ ,(plen′tē)

Inflections of 'plenty' (n): npl: plenties

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plen•ty /ˈplɛnti/   n. 

1. a full supply or amount;
   a supply or amount that is more than enough: [~ + of + uncountable noun; used with a singular verb]
   There is plenty of time.
   [~ + of + plural noun* used with a plural verb]
   There are plenty of chairs.
2. the state or quality of being plentiful;
   abundance:
   [uncountable] the land's plenty.
3. a large amount, or a time of having a large amount:
   [uncountable] the years of plenty.

adj. 

4. existing in or providing an amount, number, or quantity that is more than enough.
5. more than enough;
   ample:
   This helping is plenty for me.

adv. 

6. Pronouns [Informal.] fully;
   quite:
   plenty good enough.

See -plen-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

plen•ty  (plen′tē), n., pl. -ties, adj., adv. 
n. 

1. a full or abundant supply or amount:
   There is plenty of time.
2. the state or quality of being plentiful;
   abundance:
   resources in plenty.
3. an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance:
   the plenty of a rich harvest; the plenty that comes with peace.

adj. 

4. existing in ample quantity or number;
   plentiful;
   abundant:
   Food is never too plenty in the area.
5. more than sufficient;
   ample:
   That helping is plenty for me.

adv. 

6. Pronouns [Informal.] fully;
   quite:
   plenty good enough.

• Latin plēnitāt- (stem of plēnitās) fullness. See plenum, -ity
• Old French plented, plentet
• Old French; replacing Middle English plenteth
• Middle English plente 1175–1225

Synonyms

• 2. plenteousness, copiousness, luxuriance, affluence.
  Plenty, abundance, profusion refer to a large quantity or supply.
  Plenty suggests a supply that is fully adequate to any demands:
  plenty of money.
  Abundance implies a great plenty, an ample and generous oversupply:
  an abundance of rain.
  Profusion applies to such a lavish and excessive abundance as often suggests extravagance or prodigality:
  luxuries in great profusion.

Usage

The construction plenty of is standard in all varieties of speech and writing:
plenty of room in the shed.
The use of plenty preceding a noun, without an intervening of, first appeared in the late 19th century:
plenty room in the shed.
It occurs today chiefly in informal speech. As an adverb, a use first recorded in the mid-19th century, plenty is also informal and is found chiefly in speech or written representations of speech.

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plenty / ˈplɛntɪ/ noun ( -ties)

1. (often followed by of) a great number, amount, or quantity; lots: plenty of time, there are plenty of cars on display here
2. generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources: the age of plenty
3. in plenty ⇒ existing in abundance: food in plenty

determiner

1. very many; ample: plenty of people believe in ghosts
2. (as pronoun): there's plenty more, that's plenty, thanks

adverb

1. more than adequately; abundantly: the water's plenty hot enough

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French plenté, from Late Latin plēnitās fullness, from Latin plēnus full

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Plenty / ˈplɛntɪ/ noun

1. Bay of Plenty ⇒ a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand