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plenty
[ plen-tee ]
noun
- a full or abundant supply or amount:
There is plenty of time.
- the state or quality of being plentiful; abundance:
resources in plenty.
Synonyms: copiousness, plenteousness, affluence, luxuriance
- an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance:
the plenty of a rich harvest; the plenty that comes with peace.
adjective
- existing in ample quantity or number; plentiful; abundant:
Food is never too plenty in the area.
- more than sufficient; ample:
That helping is plenty for me.
adverb
- Informal. fully; quite:
plenty good enough.
plenty
1/ ˈplɛntɪ /
noun
- often foll by of a great number, amount, or quantity; lots
there are plenty of cars on display here
plenty of time
- generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources
the age of plenty
- in plentyexisting in abundance
food in plenty
determiner
- very many; ample
plenty of people believe in ghosts
- ( as pronoun )
that's plenty, thanks
there's plenty more
adverb
- not_standard.(intensifier)
he was plenty mad
- informal.more than adequately; abundantly
the water's plenty hot enough
Plenty
2/ ˈplɛntɪ /
noun
- Bay of Plentya large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand
Usage Note
Other Words From
- over·plenty noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of plenty1
Idioms and Phrases
see under not the only fish in the sea .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
It may be that iciness is the main threat, but plenty of time for things to change.
Consider rechargeable hand warmersIf you’re ready to get a little more high-tech, there are plenty of rechargeable hand warmers out there.
Still, that left plenty of room for smaller tech companies to crack us up.
From day trips to private rentals, there are plenty of options to take in the park’s shoreline from a sailboat.
By keeping it in a refrigerator, you’ll buy yourself plenty of time before the mold starts to grow.
Plenty of Jewish kids today grow up with a Christmas tree next to their menorah.
These days, plenty of women are turning to online sites for no-frills male companionship.
Well, there are plenty of nerdy zingers hidden in those thousands of pages.
If 2014 was any indication, the coming TV schedule is sure to be filled with plenty of water-cooler shows.
In the event, the enemy did plenty—far more than SHAEF, or for that matter the German high command, imagined possible.
But men we had known and trails we had followed furnished us plenty of grist for the conversational mill.
With twelve hundred foes around us, we had plenty to occupy all our thoughts and attention.
He likes to have plenty of time to express all his ideas and tell you a good many anecdotes in between!
Oh yes, you will find plenty of them in the course of a few days, if you hold on the course you are going.
Ships did little exploring in the Belt now—plenty of untouched rocks there but nothing really unknown.
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