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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According to the Education Department, the government will garnish wages “only after student and parent borrowers have been provided sufficient notice and opportunity to repay their loans.”
From Barron's
Chinese authorities are reportedly weighing $70 billion in new incentives for domestic chipmaking while limiting how many foreign chips state-funded data centers can purchase to ensure sufficient demand for local alternatives.
It said wage garnishment is conducted only after student and parent borrowers have been provided sufficient notice and opportunity to repay their loans.
“The changes in Paramount’s new offer were necessary, but not sufficient,” Fitch wrote in an email.
From Barron's
Engineering problems can be solved with sufficient money and motivation.
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