sufficiency

English

Alternative forms

• sufficiencie (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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Noun

sufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural sufficiencies)

1. (uncountable) The quality or condition of being sufficient.
2. (countable) An adequate amount.
   • 1916, Hilaire Belloc, A General Sketch of the European War: The second phase, page 388:

     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.

Synonyms

• enoughness
• sufficience

Antonyms

• insufficiency
• unsufficiency (obsolete)

Derived terms

• haplosufficiency
• insufficiency
• nonsufficiency
• self-sufficiency
• unsufficiency

 

Translations

quality or condition of being sufficient

• Aghwan: 𐕗𐕒𐕡𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ṗueun)
• Catalan: suficiència f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: riittävyys (fi)
• Greek: επάρκεια (el) f (epárkeia)

  Ancient: ἐπάρκεια f (epárkeia)

• Hindi: पर्याप्तता (paryāptatā), किफ़ायत (kifāyat)
• Irish: leorgacht f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: besî (ku) f, têrî (ku) f

• Latin: satietas f
• Scottish Gaelic: fòghnadh m
• Spanish: suficiencia (es) f
• Swedish: tillräcklighet (sv) c
• Tagalog: katanapan
• Turkish: yeterlilik (tr), yeterlik (tr)

adequate amount

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: riittävyys (fi)
• Ido: sato (io), sufico (io)
• Irish: leordhóthain f, sáith f
• Scottish Gaelic: fòghnadh m

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• French: ^{(please verify)} suffisance (fr) f