Dictionary

suffice en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsʌ.fɪs/ (Canada)
• /səˈfaɪz/ (obsolete)
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• /səˈfʌɪs/ (UK)
• /səˈfɑes/ (Australia)
• /səˈfaɪs/ (Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• [səˈfɑe̯s] (New-Zealand)
• /səˈfaɪs/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

Meanings

1. (intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
   • To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
   • For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.
2. (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
   • A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
   • Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges. 1838, The Church of England quarterly review, page 203:
3. (archaic) To furnish; to supply adequately.
   • During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars.
   • The king sufficed his army with food and weapons before the great battle.

Forms

Deriveds

sufficive · unsufficed · suffice it to say

Relateds

satisfice · sufficient

Synonyms

do · work (be enough)

Translations (137)

de ausstatten (furnish) · es abastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hy հերիքել (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · gl abondar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hy բավարարել (satisfy) · sw -tosha (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu megfelel (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · bg задоволявам (satisfy) · sv förslå (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · it essere sufficiente (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu elég (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · it bastare (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · it fornire (furnish) · az kifayət etmək (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ka ყოფნა (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt bastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nl genoeg zijn (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu elmegy (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · it soddisfare (satisfy) · vi đủ (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hy բավարարել (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · sh dostati (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · az yetmək (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · uk ста́ти (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · bg достатъчен съм (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu elegendő (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ru удовлетвори́ть (satisfy) · el φτάνω (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu kielégít (satisfy) · nl voldoen (aan) (satisfy) · az bəs olmaq (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt ser suficiente (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ro ajunge (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · qu puchuy (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · es bastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · be хапі́ць (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fa کفایت کردن (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · es pasar piola (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fi riittää (furnish) · pl wystarczyć (satisfy) · pt satisfazer (satisfy) · gl chegar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · eo sufiĉi (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · la sufficiō (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · de genug sein (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · az kifayət olmaq (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nb holde (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · gl abastar (satisfy) · hi पूरा पड़ना (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ru удовлетворя́ть (satisfy) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌿𐌷𐌰𐌽 (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt atender (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · my တော် (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · bg стигам (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nl volstaan (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ru хвата́ть (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ta பற்று (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · cmn 夠 /够 (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ca bastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · da holde (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ta போது (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt suplementar (furnish) · ia bastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ta போரு (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · de befriedigen (satisfy) · hi काफ़ी होना (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nl toereiken (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · de reichen (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · sh достати (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · de zufriedenstellen (satisfy) · da være tilstrækkelig (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · uk вистача́ти (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · my လောက် (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · es ser suficiente (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nn halde (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · uk ви́стати (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ja 足る (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nl voldoen (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ia sufficer (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · no rekke (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · de ausreichen (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · az çatmaq (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fi kelvata (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · sv vara tillräcklig (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · es bastantear (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nap abbastà (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · gl abastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · uk става́ти (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · de genügen (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt chegar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fr suffire (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · am በቃ (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fi riittää (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu ellát (furnish) · ru хвати́ть (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hy բավականացնել (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · sk stačiť (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · qu aypay (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · vi là đủ (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu jó (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · nl voorzien (furnish) · uk вистава́ти (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · sh dostajati (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · az bəs etmək (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fi tyydyttää (satisfy) · ar كَفَى (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · cmn 足夠 /足够 (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · hu megteszi (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt servir (satisfy) · cmn 使滿足 /使满足 (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · mba tagbaw (satisfy) · ka კმარა (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · gd foghain (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · sv räcka (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pl wystarczać (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt servir (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · as কুলা (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · gl abastar (furnish) · om ga'uu (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · grc ἀρκέω (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pl wystarczyć (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · el αρκώ (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ru быть доста́точным (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · cs stačit (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pt satisfazer (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fi riittää (satisfy) · ta காண் (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · es alcanzar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ko 충분하다 (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pl zadowolić (satisfy) · fi piisata (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · lad abastar (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · ja 足りる (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · fi menetellä (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · pl wystarczać (satisfy) · be хапа́ць (be enough, sufficient, adequate) · uk ви́стачити (be enough, sufficient, adequate)