sufficient
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2.8
- adjective
- /səˈfɪʃənt/
- You had clear motive to do this, and there's more than sufficient evidence to believe that it was you.
- provide sufficient information
- sufficient information
- sufficient support
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Watch on YouTubeYou just have to pursue it with sufficient faith, right?
- You just have to pursue it with sufficient faith, right?
- And now the question is why is that not sufficient to induce remission?
- So APOB is necessary, but not sufficient to develop ASCVD.
- I'm looking to have a sufficient amount of challenge.
- And I mean, one time should be sufficient, but it feels like it's not.
- So we have a sufficient number to cover.
- OK, And if it works, then it's a sufficient proof of concept.
- That size lathe is absolutely sufficient for making a light Saber.
- Because in principle, if you have sufficient faith, then you can move mountains.
- And that's, that's, that's sufficient in that situation.
- If you have sufficient funds, you could have your cocktails.
- So, so I think that is sufficient to distinguish it.
- It's simply sufficient for us to outwit ourselves.
- Have a strike force sufficient to execute targets when they're identified.
- His mass is sufficient that when the trolley hits him it will stop.
- If no other thing is ever produced, that is sufficient, right?
- It's not sufficient for the action to have the right qualities.
Examples
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Have I got sufficient resources to fight gun crime?
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Whatever water resources are available in the strip were sufficient for these projects and activities.
Academic text (2011) -
These two things are sufficient in practice.
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It's pretty clearly sufficient to have the fixed point.
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So we have a sufficient number to cover.
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You just have to pursue it with sufficient faith, right?
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Others felt that begging was no longer a sufficient means of supporting our growing order.
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They did not have sufficient security.
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We have sufficient cause to arrest the guy if he's home now.
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The instructions provided were sufficient for anyone to complete the task successfully.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Having the amount needed for a purpose
675
1.9
Not perfect but good for what you need
210
2.0
Enough quality or ability to do what is needed
204
2.7
Enough in amount or quality to meet a need
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3.7
More than enough for what is needed
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2.3
Good enough to meet a need but not very good
Antonyms
How Adequate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sufficient comes from a Latin word that meant 'to be enough' and shares the same root as suffice. So, if something is sufficient it simply 'is enough' for a purpose.