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verb [T] (BE ENOUGH) /ˈkʌv.ər/
/-ɚ/ Definition
C1 to be enough money to pay for something: The selling price barely covered the cost of the raw materials. Would £50 cover your expenses?EnoughPaying and spending money
(Definition of cover verb (BE ENOUGH) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- adequate adjective
- bells and whistles idiom
- enough adverb
- enough determiner, pronoun, adverb
- fill noun
- go round phrasal verb (BE ENOUGH)
- hold out phrasal verb (SUPPLY OF STH)
- respectable adjective
- respectably adverb
- say when idiom
- suffice (it) to say idiom
- suffice verb
- sufficiency noun
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- that will do idiom
- the determiner (ENOUGH)
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