SUFFICIENT


Meaning of SUFFICIENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ sə-ˈfi-shənt ]

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

• suf·fi·cient·ly 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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.