sufficient

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Scrabble points
18
Words With Friends
21
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/səˈfɪʃənt/

Definition of sufficient

6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

det

  1. An adequate quantity of; enough.
    “We have sufficient supplies to last the winter.”
    “There is not sufficient access to the Internet in many small rural villages.”
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det

  1. An adequate quantity of; enough.
    “We have sufficient supplies to last the winter.”
    “There is not sufficient access to the Internet in many small rural villages.”
  2. A quantity (of something) that is as large as is needed.
    “We don't need any more; we already have sufficient.”
    “Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.”

adj

  1. Of a type or kind that suffices, that satisfies requirements or needs.
    “This is a necessary condition but not a sufficient one.”
  2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
    “They felt sufficient to maintain their present prosperity and independence.”
    “I have never yet felt adequate. I have never yet felt sufficient.”
  3. (archaic)Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
    “...to take the best ways we can, to make it known to the Duke of York; for, till Sir J. Minnes be removed, and a sufficient man brought into W. Pen's place, when he is gone, it is impossible for this Office ever to support itself.”
  4. (obsolete)Having enough money to meet obligations and live comfortably.
    “I shall in this place only mention that qualification by wealth; the rather, being applyed to the deputies of towns and citties, where they use to say of a rich man, he is a very sufficient man : and the other sufficiencies and qualifications are mentioned on other occasions.”
    “The second in the Hong, Mowgua, has been a man of large property, but he is of more questionable property now ; I consider him still to be a very sufficient merchant.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Old French sufisanz, soficient, from Latin sufficiēns, present participle of sufficiō.

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