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suf·fi·cient
(sə-fĭsh′ənt)adj.
1. Being as much as is needed; adequate; enough.
2. Archaic Competent; qualified.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin sufficiēns, sufficient-, present participle of sufficere, to suffice; see suffice.]
suf·fi′cient·ly adv.
Synonyms: sufficient, acceptable, adequate, enough, satisfactory
These adjectives mean being what is needed without being in excess: has sufficient income to retire comfortably; made acceptable grades; put in an adequate supply of wood; drew enough water to fill the tub; offered a satisfactory sum for the property.
These adjectives mean being what is needed without being in excess: has sufficient income to retire comfortably; made acceptable grades; put in an adequate supply of wood; drew enough water to fill the tub; offered a satisfactory sum for the property.
Antonym: insufficient
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Adv. | 1. | sufficiently - to a sufficient degree; "she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin" insufficiently - to an insufficient degree; "he was insufficiently prepared" |
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Translations
بصورةٍ كافِيَه
dostatečně
sufiĉe
nægilega
dostatočne
yeter derecede
sufficiently
[səˈfɪʃəntlɪ] ADV1. (before adjective, adverb) → (lo) suficientemente, (lo) bastante
sufficiently large/high to do sth → (lo) suficientemente or (lo) bastante grande/alto (como) para hacer algo
sufficiently large/high to do sth → (lo) suficientemente or (lo) bastante grande/alto (como) para hacer algo
2. (after verb) → lo suficiente
I think he has been punished sufficiently → creo que ya lo han castigado lo suficiente
he had recovered sufficiently to get out of bed → se había recuperado lo suficiente como para levantarse de la cama
I think he has been punished sufficiently → creo que ya lo han castigado lo suficiente
he had recovered sufficiently to get out of bed → se había recuperado lo suficiente como para levantarse de la cama
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sufficiently
adv → genug; sufficiently good/warm etc → gut/warm etc genug pred, → genügend or ausreichend gut/warm etc; a sufficiently large number → eine ausreichend große Anzahl
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sufficiently
[səˈfɪʃ/əntlɪ] adv → sufficientemente, abbastanzasufficiently large (quantity) → sufficiente (number) → abbastanza grande
she is sufficiently intelligent to understand → è abbastanza or sufficientemente intelligente per capire
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
suffice
(səˈfais) verb to be enough for a purpose or person. Will $10 suffice (you) till Monday?
sufficient adjective enough. We haven't sufficient food to feed all these people; Will $10 be sufficient for your needs?
sufˈficiency nounsufˈficiently adverb
suffice it to say
I need only say.
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