sufficiency en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (uncountable) The quality or condition of being sufficient.
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(countable) An adequate amount.
But the Eastern front of the Allies was far more vulnerable. Russia could not begin to supply herself with a sufficiency of large guns and of heavy munitionment for them.
1916, Hilaire Belloc, A General Sketch of the European War: The second phase, page 388:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sufficiencie | alternative | lexicographic | |
| sufficiencies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
Biogen sufficiency · nonsufficiency · self-sufficiency · unsufficiency · haplosufficiency · insufficiency · omnisufficiency · elegant sufficiency
Synonyms
Translations (39)
io sato (adequate amount) · ur کِفایَت (quality or condition of being sufficient) · io sufico (adequate amount) · cmn 足夠的數量 /足够的数量 (adequate amount) · kmr têrî (quality or condition of being sufficient) · hi पर्याप्तता (quality or condition of being sufficient) · cmn 適當的數量 /适当的数量 (adequate amount) · cmn 足夠 /足够 (quality or condition of being sufficient) · xag 𐕗𐕒𐕡𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎 (quality or condition of being sufficient) · fi riittävyys (adequate amount) · grc ἐπάρκεια (quality or condition of being sufficient) · kmr besî (quality or condition of being sufficient) · gd fòghnadh (quality or condition of being sufficient) · ar كِفَايَة (quality or condition of being sufficient) · de Hinlänglichkeit (quality or condition of being sufficient) · cs dostatečnost (quality or condition of being sufficient) · ca suficiència (quality or condition of being sufficient) · ru доста́точность (quality or condition of being sufficient) · uk доста́тність (quality or condition of being sufficient) · hi पर्याप्त (adequate amount) · ga leordhóthain (adequate amount) · fa-ira کِفایَت (quality or condition of being sufficient) · el επάρκεια (quality or condition of being sufficient) · fi riittävyys (quality or condition of being sufficient) · gd fòghnadh (adequate amount) · ga leorgacht (quality or condition of being sufficient) · cmn 充足的數額 /充足的数额 (adequate amount) · sv tillräcklighet (quality or condition of being sufficient) · de Zulänglichkeit (quality or condition of being sufficient) · cmn 充分 (quality or condition of being sufficient) · fr suffisance (quality or condition of being sufficient) · cs dostatek (adequate amount) · la satietas (quality or condition of being sufficient) · ga sáith (adequate amount) · tr yeterlilik (quality or condition of being sufficient) · tr yeterlik (quality or condition of being sufficient) · tl katanapan (quality or condition of being sufficient) · es suficiencia (quality or condition of being sufficient) · cmn 充足 (quality or condition of being sufficient)