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Enough and sufficiency

enough

adverb, determiner, pronoun

used for saying that an amount is as much as you need, or that a number of people or things are as many as you need

sufficient

adjective

as much as is needed

ample

adjective

enough, and often more than you need

plenty

adverb, pronoun

used for emphasizing that there is enough or a lot of a particular quality

enough

adverb, determiner, pronoun

used for saying that someone or something is as good, big, fast etc as necessary, or does something as much as is necessary

in plenty

used for saying that things exist or happen in large amounts or numbers

go around

to be enough so that everyone can have one or some

just enough

enough but no more than that

sufficiently

adverb

amply

adverb

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