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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUFFI'CIENT, a. [L. sufficiens.] Enough; equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; competent; as provision sufficient for the family; water sufficient for the voyage; an army sufficient to defend the country.
My grace is sufficient for thee. 2 Corinthians 12.
1. Qualified; competent; possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; as a man sufficient for an office.
2. Fit; able; of competent power or ability.
Who is sufficient for these things? 2 Corinthians 2.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food" [ant: deficient, insufficient]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin sufficient-, sufficiens, from present participle of sufficere Date: 14th century 1. a. enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end <sufficient provisions for a month> b. being a sufficient condition 2. archaic qualified, competent • sufficiently adverb Synonyms: sufficient, enough, adequate, competent mean being what is necessary or desirable. sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need <sufficient savings>. enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient <do you have enough food?>. adequate may imply barely meeting a requirement <the service was adequate>. competent suggests measuring up to all requirements without question or being adequately adapted to an end <had no competent notion of what was going on>.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 sufficing, adequate, enough (is sufficient for a family; didn't have sufficient funds). 2 = SELF-SUFFICIENT. 3 archaic competent; of adequate ability, resources, etc. Derivatives: sufficiently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF sufficient or L sufficiens (as SUFFICE)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sufficient Suf*fi"cient, a. [L. sufficiens, -entis, p. pr. of sufficere: cf. F. suffisant. See Suffice.] 1. Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. My grace is sufficient for thee. --2 Cor. xii. 9. 2. Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent power or ability; qualified; fit. Who is sufficient for these things? --2 Cor. ii. 16. 3. Capable of meeting obligations; responsible. The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient . . . I think I may take his bond. --Shak. 4. Self-sufficient; self-satisfied; content. [R.] Thou art the most sufficient (I'll say for thee), Not to believe a thing. --Beau. & Fl. Syn: Enough; adequate; competent; full; satisfactory; ample.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If something is sufficient for a particular purpose, there is enough of it for the purpose. One metre of fabric is sufficient to cover the exterior of an 18-in-diameter hatbox... There was not sufficient evidence to secure a conviction. ? insufficient ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ n to-inf, ADJ for n • sufficiently She recovered sufficiently to accompany Chou on his tour of Africa in 1964... ADV

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Adequate (to supply a want), competent, ample, enough, full, satisfactory. 2. Qualified, fit, able, competent, responsible, equal.

Moby Thesaurus

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