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plenty

n. uncountable
B1 Intermediate Oxford US //ˈpɫɛni// UK //plˈɛnti// plen·ty Archaic Dialect General-service Informal

n. a large amount of something that is more than enough. You use it when you have everything you need and do not want any more.

n. an ample or sufficient quantity; a full supply. Often used in the construction 'plenty of' followed by a noun phrase.


SIMPLE

Do not worry, we have plenty of time to finish.

CONTEXTUAL

The host told the guests to help themselves because there was plenty of food in the kitchen.

COMPLEX

While the region once suffered from scarcity, the recent harvest has provided plenty for every household to survive the winter comfortably.

Synonyms
Usage

Typically functions as a pronoun or part of a quantifier phrase; when followed by 'of', it can precede both countable and uncountable nouns.

Pitfall

there are plenties of reasonsthere are plenty of reasonsPlenty is uncountable in this sense and does not take a plural form even when referring to countable items.

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