Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - enough

~1 adv 1 to the necessary degree  (Her sentence was light because the judge said she had suffered enough already. | Are the carrots cooked enough?) 2 tall/kind/fast etc enough as tall, kind, fast etc as is necessary  (I didn't bring a big enough bag. | Is your tea sweet enough?) + for  (Is it warm enough for you?) mad/tall/silly etc enough to do sth  (Is the water hot enough for a bath? | He said he would never see her again and I was gullible enough to believe him. | Would you be kind enough to let us know when you are arriving? | not good enough (=not satisfactory or acceptable))  (I'm going to go up to that school and tell them it's just not good enough.) 3 difficult/happy/busy etc enough rather difficult, happy etc  (I was happy enough in Bordeaux, but I missed my family. | It's bad enough doing this without you giving me orders all the time. | It was natural enough that she should be annoyed.) 4 strangely/oddly/curiously enough although this is strange, odd etc  (Funnily enough, I bumped into her only yesterday.) 5 near enough BrE spoken nearly  (Your jacket's near enough dry now. | This bottle's near enough finished. | That's &3000 near enough, isn't it?)  (- see also fair enough fair1 (17), sure enough sure2 (2)) ~2 determiner, pronoun 1 as much or as many as may be necessary  (Move over, I don't have enough room. | Not enough is known about what really happened. | Leave the potatoes if you've had enough.) + for  (There aren't enough chairs for everyone.) enough to do/eat etc  (Erica was worried that the children weren't getting enough to eat. | enough sth to do sth)  (There's enough material left to make matching pillows. | more than enough (=too much))  (No, thank you, I've had more than enough. | not nearly enough/nowhere near enough (=much less than enough))  (There was nowhere near enough wine to go round. | that's enough spoken (=stop behaving like that))  (Now, David, that's quite enough - be a good boy. | enough is enough spoken (=there is no need to say or do any more))  (I could lend him another $20 but, really, enough's enough. | time/food etc enough)  (There'll be time enough to get to know each other later on.) 2 have had enough (of sth) spoken to be thoroughly tired or sick of something and want it to stop:  (When I got in from work I just sat down and cried. I'd had enough. | I've just about had enough of your sass.) 3 enough said spoken there is no need to say any more, I understand everything  ("I saw her coming out of his room at 6 o'clock this morning." "Enough said.")  (- see adequate)  ( USAGE NOTE: ENOUGH GRAMMAR Enough comes after adjectives and adverbs She's not old enough (NOT She's not enough old).| He didn't pack the bowls carefully enough and they broke. | Well I've done my best, and I hope it's good enough. Enough usually comes before a plural or uncountable n enough people/money. It is only used after the noun in slightly formal or old-fashioned English There was money enough for all. However, time enough is still fairly common There'll be time enough for that later. )