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  • 21sufficient*/*/ — [səˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] adj as much as is needed Syn: enough Ant: insufficient The wages were not sufficient for people to live on.[/ex] There is now sufficient evidence to prove his claims.[/ex] sufficiently adv …

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  • 22sufficient — /səˈfɪʃənt / (say suh fishuhnt) adjective 1. that suffices; enough or adequate: sufficient proof; sufficient protection. 2. Obsolete competent or capable, as a person. {Middle English, from Latin sufficiens, present participle, sufficing}… …

  • 23sufficient — See enough. See enough, sufficient …

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  • 24sufficient — • tillräcklig, lagom, betryggande, nöjaktig, passande, passabel, sufficient …

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  • 25sufficient — [14] Sufficient originated as the present participle of Latin sufficere ‘be enough’ (source also of English suffice [14]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘under’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, factory, etc).… …

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  • 26sufficient — adjective & determiner enough; adequate. Derivatives sufficiently adverb Origin ME (in the sense legally satisfactory ): from OFr., or from L. sufficient (see suffice) …

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  • 27sufficient — adjective there was sufficient evidence to justify a charge Syn: enough, plenty of, ample; adequate, satisfactory Ant: inadequate …

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  • 28sufficient — suf•fi•cient [[t]səˈfɪʃ ənt[/t]] adj. 1) adequate for the purpose; enough 2) cvb pho logic (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing Compare necessary 4), c) 3) archaic… …

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  • 29sufficient — Adequate, enough, as much as may be necessary, equal or fit for end proposed, and that which may be necessary to accomplish an object. Of such quality, number, force, or value as to serve a need or purpose. Nissen v. Miller, 44 N.M. 487, 105 P.2d …

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  • 30sufficient — see sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof a word to the wise is enough …

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