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Definition plenty in British English

plenty adverb, pronoun

adverb, pronoun
/ˈplenti/

Plenty is used in the following ways:

as a pronoun: ‘How long will it take?’ ‘Five minutes should be plenty.’She always has plenty to say. (followed by ‘of’): Don’t hurry – we have plenty of time.

as an adverb: The restaurant is plenty big enough for forty people.

as an uncountable noun: a time of plenty

1

a large amount of something, or a large number of things or people, usually more than enough

Example

We spent all day painting one side of the house, but there's still plenty left to do.

Example

There's plenty of room for luggage behind the seats.

Example

I had plenty of time to think over what I was going to do.

Example

You're always complaining. Plenty of people would be happy to have your job.

Example

They had plenty of chances to win the game, but they lost anyway.

Example

There's plenty more ice cream in the freezer.

Synonyms and related words
hoard tsunami wall
2

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

Example

Unloading our cargo kept us plenty busy for the five days at Pusan.

Example

The car's plenty big enough for all of us.

Synonyms and related words
enough sufficient ample
3

used for saying that someone does something a lot

Example

He talks plenty, but that's all he does - talk.

4

a situation in which large supplies of something are available, especially food

Example

a time of plenty

Definition plenty in British English