sufficiency

[ suh-fish-uh n-see ]

/ səˈfɪʃ ən si /

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noun

the state or fact of being sufficient; adequacy.

a sufficient number or amount; enough.

adequate provision or supply, especially of wealth.

Words nearby sufficiency

sufferance, suffering, suffern, suffice, suffice it to say, sufficiency, sufficient, sufficient condition, sufficient reason, suffix, sufflate

Origin of sufficiency

1485–95; < Late Latin sufficientia; see sufficient, -ency

OTHER WORDS FROM sufficiency

o·ver·suf·fi·cien·cy, nounpre·suf·fi·cien·cy, nounsu·per·suf·fi·cien·cy, noun

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Examples from the Web for sufficiency

No more salt should be used than a sufficiency to preserve the meat, as an excess hardens the meat.
Housekeeping in Old Virginia|Marion Cabell Tyree
Presently I was able to tell him that I was about to be married, being in a position which seemed to promise a sufficiency.
The Orange Girl|Walter Besant
They might have been exciting, however, if we had chosen to drink a sufficiency of them.
The Innocents Abroad|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
They generally found a sufficiency of water, of grazing and of game.
Christopher Carson|John S. C. Abbott

Richard had the sufficiency of the cat, John the dependence of a dog; John had the cat's secretiveness, Richard the dog's dash.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay|Maurice Hewlett

British Dictionary definitions for sufficiency

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

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for sufficiency

noun plural -cies