English dictionary
sufficiency
/s/@/'f/I//S//@/ns/i/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations
ExamplesHer father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose
ExamplesThere is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country.
Synonyms enoughSource: WordNet 3.0
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the quality of being sufficient for the end in view
ExamplesHe questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence.
Synonyms adequacySource: WordNet 3.0
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The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy.
Source: webster1913