PLENTY Definition & Meaning

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plenty

[ plen-tee ]

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noun

plural plenties.

a full or abundant supply or amount:
There is plenty of time.
the state or quality of being plentiful; abundance:
resources in plenty.
Synonyms: , , ,
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

/ ˈ��ɛ�Գ�ɪ /

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 plenty
existing in abundance
food in plenty

determiner

1. very many; ample
  plenty of people believe in ghosts
2. ( 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

/ ˈ��ɛ�Գ�ɪ /

noun

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

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Usage Note

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 is found chiefly in speech or written representations of speech.

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of plenty¹

First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English plente, from Old French; replacing Middle English plenteth, from Old French plented, plentet, from Latin ��ŧ�Ծ��- (stem of ��ŧ�Ծ�� ) “fullness.” See plenum, -ity

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of plenty¹

C13: from Old French ��Գ�é, from Late Latin ��ŧ�Ծ�� fullness, from Latin ��ŧ�Գܲ� full

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Idioms and Phrases

see under not the only fish in the sea .

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Synonym Study

Plenty, abundance, profusion refer to a large quantity or supply. Plenty suggests a supply that is fully adequate to any demands: plenty of money. Abundance implies a great plenty, an ample and generous oversupply: an abundance of rain. Profusion applies to such a lavish and excessive abundance as often suggests extravagance or prodigality: luxuries in great profusion.

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Example Sentences

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I hear plenty of people talking and defending other clubs.

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Unfortunately, viewers are caught in the middle, stuffing themselves on scraps when plenty of good food is left out there.

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Akgul, 35, has seen "plenty of action" in more than a decade as a photojournalist with the AFP news agency – from war-torn Syria to IS-controlled Iraq.

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There are plenty of people in and around the precinct, which is in the heart of the town, trying to get inside to park or visit shops and businesses.

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There is a huge element of the unknown here, and plenty of other factors are in play when businesses make decisions on investment and employment.

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