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sufficient

/səˈfɪʃənt/

Meanings
  • adjective

    having the necessary quality or quantity, especially for the purpose intended

    - "The food was sufficient for the whole family."
    - "His savings were sufficient to buy a new car."
  • adjective

    being enough to meet a need or demand

    - "The teacher's explanation was sufficient for the students."
    - "The company's profits were sufficient to cover their losses."

Pronunciation
  1. /səˈfɪʃənt/



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Antonyms

insufficient , nonsufficient , unsufficient
Synonyms

ample , competent
Rhymes
Words rhyming with sufficient
enough , tough , rough , dough , bough
Homophones
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  1. suffocate

  2. sufficiently


Variants
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sufficient , sufficiently , sufficient condition , sufficient conditions , self-sufficient
Forms
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sufficiently, sufficiency


Etymology
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From Old French suffisant, present participle of suffire 'be enough, serve', from sub 'under' + ferre 'bear, carry'


Trivia
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  1. Did you know that the term 'sufficient' was first used in English during the 15th century?

  2. The longest word in the English language that can be made using the letters in the word 'sufficient' is 'unquestionable'.


Related Concepts
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  1. adequate: Adequate means having the necessary quality or ability to meet a particular standard.

  2. satisfactory: Satisfactory means meeting an acceptable level of quality or performance.


Quotes
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  1. Considering that John Adams was notoriously insecure about his own place in history, he surely would have enjoyed his current renown. He and Abigail get pride of place in the family crypt, down a winding staircase in the church basement. On her plaque in the crypt, she is described as a "model of domestic worth," as though she were a particularly charming chifforobe, and not a woman who survived a troubled marriage with "sufficient" courage that both houses of Congress adjourned upon hearing of her death.

    - Charles P. Pierce,{it}Boston Globe Magazine{/it},26 July 2009
  2. Because canines are, for the most part, unable to naturally manufacture "sufficient" vitamins to meet their daily requirements, a dog's routinely consumed meals, with some exceptions, must be augmented with them during the manufacturing process.

    - Tom Ewing,{it}Dog Watch{/it},February 2009
  3. And since this policy is usually accompanied by a pledge to provide "sufficient" scholarship funds to admitted applicants who cannot afford the full cost (around $45,000 in the Ivy League today), it is an expensive policy.

    - Andrew Delbanco,{it}New York Review of Books{/it},29 Mar. 2007
  4. The result was a magnificent example of evidence overkill—the first set of prints alone was "sufficient" to match the gangbanger to a set in the national Automated Fingerprint Identification System database.

    - Jessica Snyder Sachs,{it}Popular Science{/it},March 2004

Culture
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In literature, sufficient has been used to describe the adequacy of characters or situations. For example, in 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, Mr. Darcy is described as having sufficient fortune to marry Elizabeth Bennet.

How to Memorize "sufficient"

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  3. mnemonics

    - Create a mnemonic using the acronym S.U.F.F.I.C.I.E.N.T. - Sufficiently Understanding Fundamentals For Implementing Correct Information Every Time.


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