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