# sufficient

Pronunciation: say "suh-FISH-uhnt" /səˈfɪʃənt/

## Adjective

1. Of a kind that satisfies requirements or needs; adequate for the purpose at hand.
   - Simple: Good enough to meet a need or do what is required.
   - _The court found the evidence sufficient to proceed to trial._
   - _A verbal agreement is sufficient in some cases, but a written contract is safer._
4. Possessing adequate ability, skill, or qualifications; competent or fit for a task or position.
   - Simple: Having the skill or ability needed to do a job well.
   - _The board considered him sufficient for the directorship, despite his limited experience._
   - _A sufficient translator can handle idioms as well as plain prose._

## Determiner

2. An adequate quantity of something; as much as is needed for a purpose.
   - Simple: Enough of something to do or finish what is needed.
   - _The shelter stocked sufficient blankets for a hundred people._
   - _Without sufficient funding, the program will close by spring._
3. A quantity of something that is as large as the situation requires.
   - Simple: An amount that is as big as you need.
   - _The harvest yielded sufficient to feed the village through winter._
   - _He saved sufficient over the years to retire early._

## Adjective

5. Capable of meeting whatever obligations one has taken on; responsible. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Able to pay what you owe and keep your promises.
   - _The widow's estate passed to a sufficient executor who paid every creditor in full._
   - _No tradesman in the county was thought more sufficient than the old wheelwright._
6. Able to afford a comfortable life while meeting one’s financial obligations. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: Having enough money to pay your bills and live well.
   - _The farm prospered, and within a decade the family was counted sufficient by their neighbors._
   - _He married a sufficient widow whose rents brought in two hundred pounds a year._

## Origin

It comes from Old French "sufisanz" or "soficient," from Latin "sufficiēns," the present participle of "sufficiō."

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