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Webster 1913 Edition
Sufficient
1.
Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent;
as, provision
. sufficient
for the family; an army sufficient
to defend the countryMy grace is
sufficient
for thee. 2 Cor. xii. 9.
2.
Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
Who is
sufficient
for these things? 2 Cor. ii. 16.
3.
Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
The man is, notwithstanding,
sufficient
. . . I think I may take his bond. Shakespeare
4.
Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
[R.]
Thou art the most
Not to believe a thing.
sufficient
(I’ll say for thee),Not to believe a thing.
Beau. & Fl.
Syn. – Enough; adequate; competent; full; satisfactory; ample.
Webster 1828 Edition
Sufficient
SUFFI'CIENT
,Adj.
My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Cor.12.
1.
Qualified; competent; possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; as a man sufficient for an office.2.
Fit; able; of competent power or ability. Who is sufficient for these things? 2 Cor.2.
Definition 2024
sufficient
sufficient
English
Alternative forms
- suff. (abbreviation)
Adjective
sufficient (comparative more sufficient, superlative most sufficient)
- Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as,
- We have provision sufficient for the family
- This army is sufficient to defend the country.
- There is not sufficient access to the internet in the some small country villages.
- Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit.
- A two-week training course is sufficient to get a job in the coach-driving profession.
- (archaic) Capable of meeting obligations; responsible.
- 1668, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys December 23 1668
- ...to take the best ways we can, to make it known to the Duke of York; for, till Sir J. Minnes be removed, and a sufficient man brought into W. Pen's place, when he is gone, it is impossible for this Office ever to support itself.
- 1668, Samuel Pepys, Diary of Samuel Pepys December 23 1668
- self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content.
Antonyms
- insufficient
- non-sufficient
- unsufficient
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
adequate to wants
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of competent power or ability
capable of meeting obligations
self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content
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See also
Determiner
sufficient
- The smallest amount needed.
- Sufficient of us are against this idea that we should stop now.
Translations
the smallest amount needed
Statistics
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