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plen·ty

(plĕn′tē)

1. A full or completely adequate amount or supply: plenty of time.

2. A large quantity or amount; an abundance: "Awards and honors came to her in plenty" (Joyce Carol Oates).

3. A condition of general abundance or prosperity: "fruitful regions gladdened by plenty and lulled by peace!" (Samuel Johnson).

adv. Informal

Sufficiently; very: It's plenty hot.

adj. Archaic

Plentiful; abundant: "Ships were then not so plenty in those waters as now" (Herman Melville).

[Middle English, from Old French plente, from Latin plēnitās, from plēnus, full; see pelə- in Indo-European roots.]

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plenty

(ˈplɛntɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (often foll by of) a great number, amount, or quantity; lots: plenty of time; there are plenty of cars on display here.

2. generous or ample supplies of wealth, produce, or resources: the age of plenty.

3. in plenty existing in abundance: food in plenty.

determiner

a. very many; ample: plenty of people believe in ghosts.

b. (as pronoun): there's plenty more; that's plenty, thanks.

adv

4. not standard chiefly US (intensifier): he was plenty mad.

5. informal more than adequately; abundantly: the water's plenty hot enough.

[C13: from Old French plenté, from Late Latin plēnitās fullness, from Latin plēnus full]

Plenty

(ˈplɛntɪ)

(Placename) Bay of Plenty a large bay of the Pacific on the NE coast of the North Island, New Zealand

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plen•ty

(ˈplɛn ti)

n., pl. -ties,
adj., adv. n.

1. a full or abundant supply or amount: There is plenty of time.

2. the state or quality of being plentiful; abundance: resources in plenty.

3. an abundance, as of goods or luxuries, or a time of such abundance: the years of plenty.

adj.

4. plentiful; abundant.

5. more than sufficient; ample: This helping is plenty for me.

adv.

6. Informal. fully; quite: plenty good enough.

[1175–1225; Middle English plente(th) < Old French plente(d), plentet < Latin plēnitātem, acc. of plēnitās fullness. See plenum, -ity]

usage: The construction plenty of is standard in all varieties of speech and writing: plenty of room in the shed. The use of plenty preceding a noun, without an intervening of, first appeared in the late 19th century: plenty room in the shed. It occurs today chiefly in informal speech. As an adverb, a use first recorded in the mid-19th century, plenty is also informal and occurs chiefly in speech. All these uses are often criticized when they occur in formal contexts.

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Noun	1.	plenty - a full supply; "there was plenty of food for everyone" plenitude, plenteousness, plentifulness, plentitude abundance, copiousness, teemingness - the property of a more than adequate quantity or supply; "an age of abundance"
	2.	plenty - (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess, sight large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
Adv.	1.	plenty - as much as necessary; "Have I eaten enough?"; (`plenty' is nonstandard) "I've had plenty, thanks" enough

plenty

noun

1. abundance, wealth, luxury, prosperity, fertility, profusion, affluence, opulence, plenitude, fruitfulness, copiousness, plenteousness, plentifulness You are fortunate to be growing up in a time of peace and plenty.

2. (usually with of) lots of (informal), enough, a great deal of, masses of, quantities of, piles of (informal), mountains of, a good deal of, stacks of, heaps of (informal), a mass of, a volume of, an abundance of, a plethora of, a quantity of, a fund of, oodles of (informal), a store of, a mine of, a sufficiency of There was still plenty of time.

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plenty

noun

1. A great deal:

abundance, mass, mountain, much, profusion, wealth, world.

Informal: barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck, pile.

Regional: power, sight.

2. Prosperity and a sufficiency of life's necessities:

abundance, bounteousness, bountifulness, plenitude, plenteousness.

Translations

كَثيركَثِيرمالٌ كَثيروَفْرَه، كَثيرٌ من

spoustastačídostplno

massermere end noknokoverflodrigelig

Überfluss Fülle Menge reichlich

αφθονία

abundancia bastante mucho suficiente

paljonriittävästirunsaastirunsaus

abondance profusion

obilje

bőség

hellingur, gnægîkappnógurnægur

abbondanza grande quantit...abbondante

たっぷり沢山豊富

충분

pakankamai daug

daudzdiezganganapietiekoši

stačí

veliko

överflöd

จำนวนมากมาย

çokçok/büyük miktarfazlasıylakâfi yeterince

nhiều

丰富大量足够的

plenty

[ˈplentɪ]

A. N → abundancia f
in plenty → en abundancia
the land of plenty → la tierra de la abundancia

B. PRON

1. (= lots) that's plenty, thanks → ¡así basta, gracias!
she's got plenty to do → tiene muchas cosas que hacer, tiene un montón que hacer
there are plenty like me → hay mucha gente or hay muchos como yo
there's plenty more where that came from → aún queda más de esto

2. plenty of (= much, a good deal of) → mucho/a; (= many) → muchos/as
it takes plenty of courage → requiere mucho valor
they have plenty of money → tienen mucho dinero
we've got plenty of time to get there → tenemos tiempo de sobra para llegar
I've got plenty of work to be getting on with → tengo trabajo más que suficiente para empezar
drink plenty of fluids → beba muchos líquidos
there are plenty of them → los hay en cantidad
plenty of people are self-employed nowadays → hoy en día hay mucha gente que trabaja de autónomo
we see plenty of Mum and Dad → vemos a mis padres con frecuencia, vemos mucho a mis padres

C. ADV (esp US) it's plenty big enough → es bastante grande
we like it plenty → nos gusta mucho

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plenty

[ˈplɛnti]

(= lots) I've got plenty → j'en ai largement assez
to be plenty → suffire largement
That's plenty, thanks → Ça suffit largement, merci.
£5 should be plenty → 5 livres devraient suffire largement.
plenty of (= a lot of) → beaucoup de
I've got plenty to do → J'ai beaucoup de choses à faire.
Plenty of people agree with me → Beaucoup de gens sont d'accord avec moi.
plenty of (= sufficient) → largement assez de
I've got plenty of money → J'ai largement assez d'argent.
plenty of time → largement le temps
We've got plenty of time → Nous avons largement le temps.

(= abundance) → abondance f
in plenty → en abondance

adv → bien
It's plenty big enough → C'est bien assez grand.

plenty

→ eine Menge; land of plenty → Land des Überflusses; times of plenty → Zeiten pl → des Überflusses, fette Jahre pl (Bibl); in plenty → im Überfluss; three kilos will be plenty → drei Kilo sind reichlich; there’s plenty here for six → es gibt mehr als genug für sechs; that’s plenty, thanks! → danke, das ist reichlich; you’ve already had plenty → du hast schon reichlich gehabt; I met him once, and that was plenty! → ich habe ihn nur einmal getroffen und das hat mir gereicht!; to see plenty of somebody → jdn oft sehen; there had been plenty going on → es war einiges los gewesen; there’s plenty to do → es gibt viel zu tun; I’ve got plenty to do → ich habe viel zu tun; have I got problems? I’ve got plenty → ob ich Probleme habe? mehr als genug!; there’s plenty more where that came from → davon gibt es genug; take plenty → nimm dir or bedien dich reichlich; there are still plenty left → es sind immer noch eine ganze Menge da

plenty of → viel, eine Menge; plenty of time/milk → viel Zeit/Milch, eine Menge Zeit/Milch; plenty of eggs/reasons → viele Eier/Gründe, eine Menge Eier/Gründe; there is no longer plenty of oil → Öl ist nicht mehr im Überfluss vorhanden; he’s certainly got plenty of nerve → der hat vielleicht Nerven! (inf); a country with plenty of natural resources → ein Land mit umfangreichen Bodenschätzen; has everyone got plenty of potatoes? → hat jeder reichlich Kartoffeln?; there will be plenty of things to drink → es gibt dort ausreichend zu trinken; he had been given plenty of warning → er ist genügend oft gewarnt worden; we arrived in plenty of time to get a good seat → wir kamen so rechtzeitig, dass wir einen guten Platz kriegten; don’t worry, there’s plenty of time → keine Angst, es ist noch genug or viel Zeit; take plenty of exercise → Sie müssen viel Sport treiben

adj (US inf) → reichlich; plenty bananas → reichlich Bananen

adv (esp US inf) plenty big (enough) → groß genug; he’s plenty mean → er ist ziemlich brutal; he was plenty rude to her → er war ziemlich grob zu ihr; it rained plenty → es hat viel geregnet; sure, I like it plenty → sicher, ich mag das sehr

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plenty

[ˈplɛntɪ] n

a. → abbondanza
in plenty (in large quantities) → in abbondanza
land of plenty → paese m di cuccagna or di bengodi

b. plenty of (lots of) → molto/a, tanto/a; (enough) → abbastanza
he has plenty of friends → ha tanti amici
I've got plenty → ne ho abbastanza
there's plenty to go on (information) → ci sono indizi più che sufficienti
we've got plenty of time → abbiamo un sacco di tempo

plenty

(ˈplenti) pronoun

1. a sufficient amount; enough. I don't need any more books – I've got plenty; We've got plenty of time to get there.

2. a large amount. He's got plenty of money.

adjective

That's plenty, thank you!

ˈplenteous (-tiəs) adjective

plentiful.

ˈplentiful adjective

existing in large amounts. a plentiful supply.

plenty

→ كَثِير spousta overflod Menge αφθονία abundancia runsaus abondance obilje abbondanza たっぷり 충분 veel overflod obfitość abundância, bastante множество överflöd จำนวนมากมาย çok nhiều 丰富