Enough Definition

ĭ-nŭf

adjective

As much or as many as necessary, desirable, or tolerable; sufficient.

Webster's New World

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pronoun

An adequate number or quantity.

American Heritage

adverb

As much or as often as necessary; to the required degree or amount; sufficiently.

Webster's New World

Fully; quite.

Oddly enough.

Webster's New World

Just adequately; tolerably; fairly.

He played well enough.

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interjection

Used to express impatience or exasperation.

You've been practicing the guitar all afternoon. Enough!

American Heritage

Stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.

Enough!

Wiktionary

noun

The amount or number needed, desired, or allowed; sufficiency.

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determiner

I've already had enough coffee today. Are you man enough to fight me?

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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Enough

From Middle English ynough, from Old English ġenōg (“enough”), from Proto-Germanic *ganōgaz (“enough”) (compare Scots eneuch, West Frisian genôch, Dutch genoeg, German genug, Low German noog, Danish nok, Swedish nog, Icelandic nógur), from *ǥanaxa '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', Lithuanian nèšti 'to carry', Albanian kënaq 'to please, satisfy', Ancient Greek ἐνεγκεῖν (enenkein, “to carry”).).

From Wiktionary
Middle English enogh from Old English genōg nek-² in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition