sufficient

[ suh-fish-uhnt ]
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adjective
  1. adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof;sufficient protection.

  2. Logic. (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.: Compare necessary (def. 4c).

  1. Archaic. competent.

Origin of sufficient

1
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”; see suffice

Opposites for sufficient

Other words from sufficient

  • suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb
  • o·ver·suf·fi·cient, adjective
  • o·ver·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb
  • pre·suf·fi·cient, adjective
  • pre·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb
  • qua·si-suf·fi·cient, adjective
  • qua·si-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb
  • su·per·suf·fi·cient, adjective
  • su·per·suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for sufficient

sufficient

/ (səˈfɪʃənt) /


adjective
  1. enough to meet a need or purpose; adequate

  2. logic (of a condition) assuring the truth of a statement; requiring but not necessarily required by some other state of affairs: Compare necessary (def. 3e)

  1. archaic competent; capable

noun
  1. a sufficient quantity

Origin of sufficient

1
C14: from Latin sufficiens supplying the needs of, from sufficere to suffice

Derived forms of sufficient

  • sufficiently, adverb

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