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# enough

«enough» in Mova's school dictionary: **as much as you need or want** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective, adverb, pronoun (enough)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Enough means as much as you need or want. If you have enough money, you can buy it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#m1)

2) Enough after a word means to the needed amount: big enough, fast enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#m2)

3) «That's enough!» means stop now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

maths: asks whether an amount covers what is needed; compare what you have with what you need (have ≥ need?); «how many more to have enough» = need − have; everyday life: enough food, enough sleep; science: plants need enough light and water; phrases: «more than enough», «not enough», «enough is enough»

### examples

- Does she have enough money to buy the toy? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x1)
- Are there enough chairs for 30 people? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x2)
- How many more does he need to have enough? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x3)
- He has enough paint for 2 walls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x4)
- Is the water warm enough to swim? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x5)
- Children need enough sleep. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x6)
- That's enough sweets for today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x7)
- We have more than enough paper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x8)
- "Goodby," he said, "I've seen enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/#x9)

### note

Compare: have ≥ need? «How many more to have enough» means need − have. Trap: «enough for 2 walls» is a rate, not the answer. Say «ee-NUFF»; the «ough» sounds like «uff». «Old enough», not «enough old».

### In the corpora

- [Comments about how someone's face or body looks turn into accusations; «you look well» is enough.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/41-our-street-who-parked-where-and-who-won-what/23/)
- [Repeat a guess enough times and it sticks to a person like a label.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/43-our-street-when-a-guess-becomes-a-reputation/2/)
- [You don't have to explain everything; one sentence is enough: "I saw something not for kids."](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/60-next-time-switch-off-tell-and-parental-controls/3/)
- [Water inside plant cells pushes outwards and keeps stems firm, like air in a balloon; without enough water the plant wilts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/56-how-plants-grow/11/)
- [Aquarium tunnels are made of acrylic many centimetres thick, strong enough to hold back millions of litres of water.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/91-the-aquarium-the-shark-tunnel-and-the-rays/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «enough» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/enough/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.