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Word: Suffice
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English: from Old French suffis-, stem of suffire, from Latin sufficere ‘put under, meet the need of’, from sub- ‘under’ + facere ‘make’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
səˈfʌɪs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
be enough or adequate
Short Definition:be enough or adequate
Examples:- a quick look should suffice
- two examples should suffice to prove the contention
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