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sufficient
adjective /səˈfɪʃ.ənt/Definition
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B2 enough for a particular purpose: This recipe should be sufficient for five people. It was thought that he'd committed the crime but there wasn't sufficient evidence to convict him. → Opposite insufficientEnough have had sufficient formal › to have eaten enough: "Would you like some more stew?" "No thanks, I've had sufficient."Enough sufficiently
/-li/ adverb C1 McGeechan has not recovered sufficiently to play in the semifinal tomorrow. The case was sufficiently serious to warrant investigation by the police.Enough
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Synonyms and related words:
- adequate adjective
- bells and whistles idiom
- cover verb (BE ENOUGH)
- enough adverb
- enough determiner, pronoun, adverb
- fill noun
- go round phrasal verb (BE ENOUGH)
- hold out phrasal verb (SUPPLY OF STH)
- respectable adjective
- respectably adverb
- say when idiom
- suffice (it) to say idiom
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