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enough

/ɪˈnʌf/ih-NUHF
/ɪˈnʌf/ih-NUHF

Meaningsufficient

Common meaning: as much as is needed

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√NAK‘reach, attain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 176, p. 736 · scan
  2. Old EnglishgendhsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishinoh‘sufficient’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftssufficient → as much as is neededenough‘as much as is needed’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English gendh ‘sufficient’.

Roots

  • gendh Old English “sufficient”

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