Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The quality or condition of being sufficient.

    Hinlänglichkeit, Zulänglichkeit

    доста́точностьdostátočnostʹ

    доста́тністьdostátnistʹ

    the quality of being sufficient for the end in view

  2. (countable)An adequate amount.

Examples

6 sentences
  1. Algeria needs to achieve food self-sufficiency.

  2. Algeria ambitions to achieve food self-sufficiency?

  3. He embarked on a journey towards self-sufficiency.

  4. Iran's agricultural sector has contributed to the country's self-sufficiency in food production.

  5. Can Algeria achieve food self-sufficiency?

Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being sufficient:
Русский
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being sufficient:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
quality or condition of being sufficient:

Forms

plural: sufficiencies

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the quality of being sufficient for the end in view:adequacy
  • an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose:enough

Antonyms

2 antonyms
insufficiencyunsufficiency

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sufficiency — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto