sufficient
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2.8
- adjective
- /səˈfɪʃənt/
:
suficiente
- 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
You 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
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1.9
Not perfect but good for what you need
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2.7
Enough in amount or quality to meet a need
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2.0
Enough quality or ability to do what is needed
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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.