suffice

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Regno Unito//səˈfʌɪs//
Canada//səˈfaɪs//
Canada//ˈsʌ.fɪs//
//səˈfaɪz//

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

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1
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.
To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?
2
To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.
A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.
3
arcaicoTo 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.

Etimologia

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

Forme

passato: sufficed
participio passato: sufficed
participio presente: sufficing
3ª persona singolare: suffices

Sue · A diminutive of the female given name Susan and of related…suffer · To undergo hardship.suffering · Experiencing pain; characterized by suffering.

suffice · To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

sufficient · An adequate quantity of; enough.sufficiently · In a sufficient manner; enough.suffocate · To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced…

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