sufficient
Americanadjective
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adequate for the purpose; enough.
sufficient proof;
sufficient protection.
- Antonyms:
- inadequate, scant, meager
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Logic. (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing.
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Archaic. competent.
adjective
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enough to meet a need or purpose; adequate
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logic (of a condition) assuring the truth of a statement; requiring but not necessarily required by some other state of affairs Compare necessary
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archaic competent; capable
noun
Other Word Forms
- oversufficient adjective
- oversufficiently adverb
- presufficient adjective
- presufficiently adverb
- quasi-sufficient adjective
- quasi-sufficiently adverb
- sufficiently adverb
- supersufficient adjective
- supersufficiently adverb
Etymology
Origin of sufficient
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”; suffice
Example Sentences
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It is still unlikely the US has sufficient numbers to protect all its military bases and interests it has in the Middle East.
From BBC
The eye-watering level of funding reflects the soaring costs of computing power and comes amid lingering questions about whether OpenAI and other AI companies can generate sufficient revenue to cover those costs.
From Barron's
Mr. Willis published an essay, “Post-Mortuum Soiree,” in the next issue of his Home Journal, “the ‘demonstration,’ … is of sufficient extent and respectability to warrant grave attention.
From Literature
"It remains the main alternative pipeline for Hungary and Slovakia to cover their needs, and the pipeline has sufficient capacity to increase volumes to fully cover the Hungarian Slovakian requirements," she said.
From BBC
“Consequently, the offer price is not sufficient for the board to recommend a scheme of arrangement to its shareholders.”
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