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Word: Sufficient
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘legally satisfactory’): from Old French, or from Latin sufficient- ‘meeting the need of’ (see suffice)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
səˈfɪʃnt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
enough; adequate
Short Definition:enough
Examples:- they had sufficient resources to survive
- she had a small private income that was sufficient for her needs
- we have sufficient reason for supposing this to be the case
Word: Sufficient
Speech Type: Determiner
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