English dictionary
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English noun: sufficiency | |||
| 1. | sufficiency (state) sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations | ||
| Samples | Her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | wealth, wealthiness | ||
| 2. | sufficiency (quantity) an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose | ||
| Samples | Enough is as good as a feast. There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country. | ||
| Synonyms | enough | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relative quantity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fill | ||
| 3. | sufficiency (attribute) the quality of being sufficient for the end in view | ||
| Samples | He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence. | ||
| Synonyms | adequacy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | quality | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | ampleness | ||
| Attribute | ample, meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
| Antonyms | inadequacy, deficiency, insufficiency | ||
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