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verb
- 1. be enough or adequate: "a quick look should suffice"
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verb [ I ] formal uk / səˈfaɪs / us / səˈfaɪs / Add to word list. to be enough: I'm taking $400 - I think that should suffice. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enough. 'nuff said. adequacy. adequately. close enough for government work idiom. cover. enough. go round phrasal verb. good. hydrated. respectable. respectably. satiable. say.
: to be competent or capable. transitive verb. : to be enough for. a few more should suffice them. sufficer noun. Synonyms. do. serve. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of suffice in a Sentence.
To suffice is to be enough, in either quality or quantity. It may not be gourmet all the time, but if your food is healthy, it will suffice.
Suffice definition: to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.. See examples of SUFFICE used in a sentence.
Definition of suffice verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. To meet present needs or requirements; be sufficient: These rations will suffice until next week. 2. To be equal to a specified task; be capable: No words will suffice to convey my grief. v.tr. To satisfy the needs or requirements of; be enough for.
SUFFICE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary. Meaning of suffice in English. suffice. verb [ I ] formal us / səˈfaɪs / uk / səˈfaɪs / Add to word list. to be enough: I'm taking $400 - I think that should suffice. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Enough. 'nuff said. adequacy. adequately. close enough for government work idiom
1. If you say that something will suffice, you mean it will be enough to achieve a purpose or to fulfill a need. [formal] [...] 2. See suffice it to say [...] More. Conjugations of 'suffice' present simple: I suffice, you suffice [...] past simple: I sufficed, you sufficed [...] past participle: sufficed. More. Synonyms of 'suffice'
2 meanings: 1. to be adequate or satisfactory for (something) 2. → See suffice it to say that.... Click for more definitions.
to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc. v.t. to be enough or adequate for; satisfy. Latin, as above. Old French. Latin sufficere to supply, suffice, equivalent. to suf- suf - + -ficere, combining form of facere to make, do1; replacing Middle English suffisen. Middle English sufficen 1275–1325.
