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Dictionary: plen·ty   (plĕn') pronunciation
 
n.
  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).
adj.

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

adv. Informal.

Sufficiently; very: It's plenty hot.

[Middle English, from Old French plente, from Latin plēnitās, from plēnus, full.]


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noun

  1. A great deal: abundance, mass, mountain, much, profusion, wealth, world. Informal barrel, heap, lot, pack, peck2, pile. Regional power, sight. See big/small/amount.
  2. Prosperity and a sufficiency of life's necessities: abundance, bounteousness, bountifulness, plenitude, plenteousness. See rich/poor.

 
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n

Definition: much, abundance
Antonyms: few, lack, little, need, scarcity, want


 
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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: n. - A full supply; (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent adv. - As much as necessary.

pronunciation Grow angry slowly - there's plenty of time. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
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Plenty may refer to:

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In other fields:

  • Plenty (brand), a brand of paper towel manufactured by Procter & Gamble

 
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Dansk (Danish)
pron. - nok
n. - rigdom, velstand, overflod
adv. - rigelig
adj. - vældig, mægtig, mere end

Nederlands (Dutch)
overvloed, (ruim) genoeg, in overvloed, volop

Français (French)
pron. - beaucoup, en quantité, en abondance, beaucoup de
n. - abondance
adv. - suffisamment, assez, largement, (US) très, beaucoup
adj. - à revendre, beaucoup de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überfluß
adj. - reichlich vorhanden
adv. - reichlich
pron. - reichlich

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αφθονία, πληθώρα, περίσσεια, πλήθος
adj. - μπόλικος, αρκετός
adv. - άφθονα, μπόλικα
pron. - πολύς, πολλοί

Italiano (Italian)
profusione, un sacco, a profusione, in abbondanza, abbastanza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - abundância (f), fartura (f), plenitude (f)
adj. - abundante, farto, pleno
adv. - abundantemente, fartamente, plenamente

Русский (Russian)
изобилие, достаточный, избыточный

Español (Spanish)
pron. - bastante, suficiente
n. - abundancia, cantidad suficiente, copia, profusión
adv. - bastante, suficiente, abundante, más que, en forma abundante
adj. - bastante, suficiente, abundante, más que

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överflöd, mängd, ymnighet, rikedom
adj. - gott om, rikligt
adv. - ganska så, alldeles
pron. - tillräckligt, nog

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
充分, 丰富, 很多, 足够, 充分地, 很, 非常, 很多的, 丰富的, 够的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
pron. - 充分
n. - 充分, 豐富, 很多
adv. - 足夠, 充分地, 很, 非常
adj. - 很多的, 豐富的, 夠的

한국어 (Korean)
pron. - 충분함
n. - 많음, 가득
adv. - 충분히, 철저히
adj. - 많은, 충분한

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - たくさん, 豊富, 多量, 十分
adj. - たくさんで, 豊富な
adv. - たっぷり

idioms:

  • plenty more fish in the sea    まだまだたくさんある

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متسع من الووقت (صفه) وفرة, كثرة (ظرف) بوفرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮סכום או כמות מספיקים או גדולים, יותר מדי‬
n. - ‮כמות רבה, עושר, שפע, ברכה‬
adv. - ‮די הרבה, מאוד‬
adj. - ‮שופע, גדוש, די והותר‬


 
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