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enough*/*/*/
[ɪˈnʌf]
grammar word summary: Enough can be: ■ a determiner: There isn't enough time. ♦ Have I made enough sandwiches? ■ a pronoun: I've only got £12 – will that be enough? ■ an adverb: The rope isn't long enough. ♦ She didn't move quickly enough.
1) as much or as many as is necessary
He doesn't have enough experience as a classroom teacher.[/ex]
‘Would you like something more to eat?' ‘No thanks, I've had enough.'[/ex]
Do we have enough knives and forks for everyone?[/ex]
There aren't enough of us to make up a team.[/ex]
You've had more than enough time to finish the job.[/ex]
Some of the workers don't earn enough to live on.[/ex]
2) with as much of a particular quality as is necessary
Ken wants to join the army when he's old enough.[/ex]
He told me I wasn't working hard enough.[/ex]
I was lucky enough to meet her once.[/ex]
She's intelligent enough to understand that![/ex]
3) spoken
used for saying that you do not want to experience any more of something because it is annoying or boring
I've only been to one of her lectures, and that was enough![/ex]
I'm leaving. I' ve had enough of work for today.[/ex]
That's enough! Stop that noise![/ex]
4) used after an adjective or adverb for emphasis
It's natural enough to be upset, after what happened.[/ex]
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it's bad/difficult/hard enough — used for saying that a situation is already bad and something else would make it even worse[/ex]
It's bad enough that you were late, without lying about the reason.[/ex]
strangely/oddly/funnily enough — used for showing that you think a particular fact is strange or surprising[/ex]
Funnily enough, Robert was saying exactly the same thing yesterday.[/ex]

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