Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

time enough

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.47 in modern English

Syllables: time e-nough
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Sufficiently soon; in time.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"[…] he made Maracini advance with his men towards Oder, to hinder Orang hells further proceedings, or his joyning with Bannier, which if it had happened time enough, that Elector would have had ſomewhat elſe to doe, then to have ſitten down before a ſtrong Towne which had a prettie Army in the Field to aſſiſt it."
"Frances, Duchess of Richmond and Lenor, deposeth, / That she, the deponent, was not at the queen's labour, because she did not know it time enough, but as soon as she did, she made all the haste she could […]"

Usage

Archaic

Questions

What does time enough mean?: Sufficiently soon; in time.

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