plenty

  • 21plenty — I. noun Etymology: Middle English plente, from Anglo French plenté, from Late Latin plenitat , plenitas, from Latin, fullness, from plenus full more at full Date: 13th century 1. a. a full or more than adequate amount or supply < had plenty of&#8230; …

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  • 22plenty*/*/*/ — [ˈplenti] pronoun a lot, or enough ‘How much money will I need? ‘Five pounds should be plenty. [/ex] There s plenty of room for luggage behind the seats.[/ex] They had plenty of chances to win the game.[/ex] There s plenty more ice cream in the&#8230; …

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  • 23plenty — /ˈplɛnti / (say plentee) noun 1. a full or abundant supply: there is plenty of time. 2. abundance: resources in plenty. 3. a time of abundance. –adjective 4. Chiefly Colloquial existing in ample quantity or number (usually in the predicate): this …

  • 24Plenty — 51°&#160;48′&#160;04″&#160;N 108°&#160;50′&#160;17″&#160;W / 51.801, 108.838 Plenty e …

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  • 25plenty — 1. noun An adequate amount. We are lucky to live in a land of peace and plenty. 2. pronoun A sufficient quantity. More than enough. We have plenty of time to have a coffee and catch the train. 3 …

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  • 26plenty — Synonyms and related words: a deal, a great deal, a lot, abounding, abundance, abundant, abundantly, accumulation, acres, adequate, affluence, affluent, all sufficing, amassment, ample, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplitude, aplenty, as all&#8230; …

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  • 27plenty — n., adj., & adv. n. (often foll. by of) a great or sufficient quantity or number (we have plenty; plenty of time). adj. colloq. existing in an ample quantity. adv. colloq. fully, entirely (it is plenty large enough). Etymology: ME plenteth,&#8230; …

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  • 28plenty — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. sufficiency, abundance, profusion, amplitude, copiousness; wealth, luxury. Ant., scarcity, paucity. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. abundance, lot, lots, fruitfulness, profuseness, fullness, lavishness,&#8230; …

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  • 29plenty — [13] Plenty is one of a family of English words that trace their history back to Latin plēnus ‘full’ (a descendant of the same Indo European base, *plē , as produced English full and plethora). Others include plenary [16], plenipotentiary [17],&#8230; …

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  • 30plenty — 1. noun times of plenty Syn: prosperity, affluence, wealth, opulence, comfort, luxury; plentifulness, abundance; literary plenteousness 2. pronoun there are plenty of books Syn: a lot of, many, a great deal of, enough (and to spare) …

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