suffice
To be enough or sufficientTo be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.
» That should suffice.
Этого должно быть достаточно.
Этого должно хватить.
Цього має вистачити.
Meaning
3 senses(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
(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
(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 sentencesThat should suffice.
Цього має вистачити.
ruЭтого должно быть достаточно.
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.
That doesn't suffice.
Цього недостатньо.
deDas reicht nicht.
Would it suffice if I came around 7?
Our breath has sufficed only this far.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, bFrom 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, sufficedSynonyms
4 synonymsWord family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle