plenty

«plenty» in Mova's school dictionary: a lot, or more than enough — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

pronoun (plenty, plenty of); adverb (plenty — informal); noun (plenty — formal)

meaning for a pupil

1) Plenty means a lot, or more than enough. tree →

2) «Plenty of» is used before nouns to mean a lot of. tree →

3) Plenty can mean a time of having a lot of food and goods. tree →

sense in the lessons

In health lessons pupils drink plenty of water and get plenty of sleep. In maths «plenty» means there is enough or more than enough. In stories a land of plenty has lots of food. Phrases: plenty of, plenty more, plenty of time, plenty to eat, in plenty.

examples

• Drink plenty of water on hot days. tree →
• We have plenty of time before the bus. tree →
• There is plenty of food for everyone. tree →
• Don't worry, there's plenty more. tree →
• Get plenty of sleep before the test. tree →
• «Do you need more paper?» «No, I've got plenty.» tree →
• Plenty of children came to the fair. tree →
• "You've plenty now, peasant; arn't you content? tree →

note

«Plenty of» works with countable (plenty of apples) and uncountable nouns (plenty of milk). Don't say «a plenty of». Adjective: plentiful. In maths, «plenty» does not give an exact number — only that there is enough.

In the corpora

• Beans, lentils, nuts, tofu and eggs give plenty of protein to people who do not eat meat.
• Everyone eats, the field-mice tell the Mole all the local gossip, and the Rat quietly makes sure everyone has plenty.
• If you see a snake, stop, back away slowly and give it plenty of room to leave.
• With a cold or a fever, eat what you can and drink plenty, because the body needs fluids and energy in both.
• Children need plenty of sleep (about 9 to 12 hours a night at this age) to learn and grow.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «plenty» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.