to suffice
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4.7
- verb
- /səˈfaɪs/
:
bastar
- Suffice to say, we are no longer on speaking terms.
- suffice to say
- one example will suffice
- examples will suffice
And he says that we want this argument to suffice to do all of these things.
- And he says that we want this argument to suffice to do all of these things.
- But suffice to say that it didn't happen.
- It's not good, suffice it to say, but there is help available.
- Either way, knowing what wasn't might not suffice.
- The reasonable thing is to go with what suffices.
- A general intent to defraud any person or entity suffices.
- I won't wax poetic about it, but suffice to say it's the happiest I've ever been.
- And once you get that word snack in your head, there's very little that will suffice.
- We don't have a notion of proof that would suffice for a philosopher like you, or a mathematician.
- But suffice it to say, you know, we, we went out there as a group.
- But suffice to say, the conversation has been heavily biased towards positive stories.
- Virtue rejoices in present goods, has no longing for what is absent, finds nothing meager that will suffice.
- Because as we've seen in Libya, really small amounts of support or in Egypt, no support, whatever could suffice.
Examples
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A simple thank you would suffice.
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It could have been more fancy, but that suffices for doing the calculations here.
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- A simple thank you will suffice.
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But it will have to suffice.
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A simple yes or no will suffice.
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I will spare you the details; suffice it to say that it worked.
Academic text (2008) -
Soup and sandwiches would have to suffice from now until she was back to normal.
Fiction book (1994) -
But suffice to say, the conversation has been heavily biased towards positive stories.
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I've enjoyed it, in fact, but once will suffice.
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A simple thank you will suffice for your help.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Be enough for what is needed
∞
1.8
To be used for a specific purpose or to help achieve something
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2.8
Meet a rule or requirement
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3.5
To be enough to meet a need or purpose
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3.9
To be right for a specific purpose or need
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4.0
To be right for a particular purpose or need
How Adequate
Surface Forms
Etymology
Suffice comes from the Latin parts sub- 'under' and facere 'to make' or 'to do'. The facere part is the same root behind the English word factory and the simple verb 'make'. So to suffice now means to be 'enough' to meet a need.