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sufficient
[suh-fish-uhnt]
adjective
adequate for the purpose; enough.
sufficient proof;
sufficient protection.
Logic., (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.
Archaic., competent.
sufficient
/ səˈfɪʃənt /
adjective
enough to meet a need or purpose; adequate
logic (of a condition) assuring the truth of a statement; requiring but not necessarily required by some other state of affairs Compare necessary
archaic, competent; capable
noun
a sufficient quantity
Other Word Forms
- sufficiently adverb
- oversufficient adjective
- oversufficiently adverb
- presufficient adjective
- presufficiently adverb
- quasi-sufficient adjective
- quasi-sufficiently adverb
- supersufficient adjective
- supersufficiently adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of sufficient1
Word History and Origins
Origin of sufficient1
Example Sentences
DCI Kimball Edey, the senior investigating officer from Surrey and Sussex Police's Major Crime Team, said he believed Martin "would have had to have sufficient thought" to carry out the two attacks.
They are confident that these sources will be fully sufficient to fund the acquisition, they said.
Siebert reportedly was ousted after he told the justice department he had not found sufficient evidence to charge James.
A staffer at the Bundestag, who is tracking the proposal, said there may "theoretically" be a sufficient window but admitted it did not appear to be a government priority.
The volume of money available to European mil-tech startups remains tiny compared with trillion-dollar funding needed for European security, and isn’t so far sufficient to bankroll fast growth for early-stage companies, say founders and financiers.
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