Meaning

3 senses
  1. (intransitive)To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

    For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.

    ausreichen, genügen, genug sein

    хвата́тьxvatátʹ, хвати́тьxvatítʹ, быть доста́точнымbytʹ dostátočnym

    вистача́тиvystačáty, ви́стачитиvýstačyty, става́тиstaváty

    be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

  2. (transitive)To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

    A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.

    zufriedenstellen, befriedigen

    удовлетворя́тьudovletvorjátʹ, удовлетвори́тьudovletvorítʹ

  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.

    ausstatten

Examples

25 sentences
  1. That should suffice.

    Цього має вистачити.

    ruЭтого должно быть достаточно.

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  2. For a language to be international, it does not suffice to say that it is so.

    Щоб мова стала міжнародною, недостатньо назвати її такою.

    ruЧтобы язык был международным, недостаточно назвать его таковым.

    deDamit eine Sprache international ist, reicht es nicht, sie so zu nennen.

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  3. That doesn't suffice.

    Цього недостатньо.

    deDas reicht nicht.

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  4. Would it suffice if I came around 7?

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  5. Our breath has sufficed only this far.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
be enough, sufficient, adequate:
Русский
By meaning 2
be enough, sufficient, adequate:
satisfy:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
be enough, sufficient, adequate:
satisfy:
furnish:

Origin

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, b

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

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Forms

suffices, sufficing, sufficed, sufficed
Base formsuffice · to suffice
3rd person singularsuffices
Present participlesufficing
Past simplesufficed
Past participlesufficed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysuffice
he, she, itsuffices

Past simpleLesson

all personssufficed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sufficed
he, she, ithas sufficed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill suffice

Synonyms

4 synonyms
be enough:workA1
Close in meaning
  • be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity:doanswerserve

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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