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   E·nough

   /iˈnəf/

   

   determiner

   • 1. as much or as many as required: "there's too much work and not enough people to do it"
   • ▪ used to indicate that one is unwilling to tolerate any more of (something undesirable): "we've got enough problems without that"

   pronoun

   • 1. as much or as many of something as required: "you need to get enough of the right things to eat"
   • ▪ used to indicate that one is unwilling to tolerate any more of something undesirable: "I've had enough of this behavior"

   adverb

   • 1. to the required degree or extent (used after an adjective, adverb, or verb): "at the time, he wasn't old enough to vote"
   • ▪ to a moderate degree; fairly: "I can get there easily enough"
   • ▪ used for emphasis: "curiously enough, this is not a new phenomenon"

   Word Origin Old Englishgenōg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch genoeg and German genug.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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