suffice
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffice in British English:
UK [səˈfaɪs]
How to pronounce suffice in American English:
US [səˈfaɪs]
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- Verb:
- be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Word Origin
- suffice (v.)
- early 14c. (intransitive); late 14c. (transitive), from present participle stem of Old French sofire "be sufficient, satisfy" (Modern French suffire), from Latin sufficere "put under, lay a foundation under; supply as a substitute; be enough, be adequate," from sub "up to" (see sub-) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Phrase suffice it to say (1690s) is a rare surviving subjunctive.
Example
- 1. Mr gunay says only an " indefinite " loan will suffice .
- 2. Suffice it to say they were rather alarming , even for this old asia hand .
- 3. A few hundred million euros a year would suffice for poor western areas .
- 4. First and primally , should it even be a matter for international law , or might private contract law suffice ?
- 5. For their part , many iraqi kurds in their hearts want independence , but their top leaders seem genuinely to accept that federalism must suffice .