sufficiency
[ suh-fish-uh n-see ]
/ səˈfɪʃ ən si /
noun
the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.
a sufficient number or amount; enough.
adequate provision or supply, especially of wealth.
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- suffering,
- sufferingly,
- suffern,
- suffice,
- suffice it to say,
- sufficient,
- sufficient condition,
- sufficient reason,
- sufficiently,
- suffix
Origin of sufficiency
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sufficiency
/ (səˈfɪʃənsɪ) /
noun plural -cies
the quality or condition of being sufficient
an adequate amount or quantity, as of income
archaic efficiency
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sufficiency
late 15c., from Latin sufficientia, from sufficiens (see sufficient) + -cy. Sufficience is from late 14c.
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