sufficient
Americanadjective
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adequate for the purpose; enough.
sufficient proof;
sufficient protection.
- Antonyms:
- inadequate, scant, meager
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Logic. (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.
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Archaic. competent.
adjective
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enough to meet a need or purpose; adequate
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logic (of a condition) assuring the truth of a statement; requiring but not necessarily required by some other state of affairs Compare necessary
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archaic competent; capable
noun
Other Word Forms
- oversufficient adjective
- oversufficiently adverb
- presufficient adjective
- presufficiently adverb
- quasi-sufficient adjective
- quasi-sufficiently adverb
- sufficiently adverb
- supersufficient adjective
- supersufficiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of sufficient
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Latin sufficient-, stem of sufficiēns “supplying,” present participle of sufficere “to supply, suffice,” equivalent to suf- suf- + -ficere, combining form of facere “to do, make”; suffice
Example Sentences
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What is also hampering efforts, she adds, is that a lot of the policies and subsidies will have to be implemented by indebted provincial governments - and it's unclear if they can spare sufficient resources.
From BBC
That’s estimated at anywhere between $160 billion and $500 billion and has been sufficient in the past to cause moments of global volatility when Japanese investors changed their minds en masse.
Konate said that the investigating judge in Gassama's case had Tuesday issued an order declaring there was sufficient evidence for him to be tried by the correctional court.
From Barron's
The National Assembly for Wales opened in 1999 and from the very start there was a big debate if the powers it had to run the NHS, education and councils were sufficient.
From BBC
Declines in Alibaba stock on Monday may indicate that investors do not see Chinese fiscal stimulus plans as being sufficient enough to offset the slowdown in the world’s second-largest economy.
From Barron's
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