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# plenty

«plenty» in Mova's school dictionary: **a lot, or more than enough** — 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

pronoun (plenty, plenty of); adverb (plenty — informal); noun (plenty — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Plenty means a lot, or more than enough. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#m1)

2) «Plenty of» is used before nouns to mean a lot of. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#m2)

3) Plenty can mean a time of having a lot of food and goods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep. In maths «plenty» means there is enough or more than enough. In stories a land of plenty has lots of food. Phrases: plenty of, plenty more, plenty of time, plenty to eat, in plenty.

### examples

- Drink plenty of water on hot days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x1)
- We have plenty of time before the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x2)
- There is plenty of food for everyone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x3)
- Don't worry, there's plenty more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x4)
- Get plenty of sleep before the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x5)
- «Do you need more paper?» «No, I've got plenty.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x6)
- Plenty of children came to the fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x7)
- "You've plenty now, peasant; arn't you content? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/plenty/#x8)

### note

«Plenty of» works with countable (plenty of apples) and uncountable nouns (plenty of milk). Don't say «a plenty of». Adjective: plentiful. In maths, «plenty» does not give an exact number — only that there is enough.

### In the corpora

- [Beans, lentils, nuts, tofu and eggs give plenty of protein to people who do not eat meat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/343-where-meat-and-fish-come-from-told-honestly/20/)
- [Everyone eats, the field-mice tell the Mole all the local gossip, and the Rat quietly makes sure everyone has plenty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/44-willows-ch5-part4-the-carol-and-a-happy-homecoming/10/)
- [If you see a snake, stop, back away slowly and give it plenty of room to leave.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/25-snakes-spiders-and-scorpions/11/)
- [With a cold or a fever, eat what you can and drink plenty, because the body needs fluids and energy in both.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/4/)
- [Children need plenty of sleep (about 9 to 12 hours a night at this age) to learn and grow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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