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sufficiency
noun
1 sufficiency
Sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations.
Roget 52:
completeness
etc.
adj.;
completion
etc.
729;
integration;
allness†.
entirety;
perfection
etc.
650;
solidity,
solidarity;
unity;
all;
ne plus ultra [Lat.],
ideal,
limit.
complement,
supplement,
make-weight;
filling,
up
etc.
v..
impletion†;
saturation,
saturity†;
high water;
high tide,
flood tide,
spring tide;
fill,
load,
bumper,
bellyful†;
brimmer†;
sufficiency
etc.
639.
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2 sufficiency
An adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose:
— There is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country.
synonym: enough.
Roget 639:
sufficiency,
adequacy,
enough,
withal,
satisfaction,
competence;
no less;
quantum sufficit [Lat.],
Q. S.
mediocrity
etc.
(average)
29.
fill;
fullness
etc.
(completeness)
52;
plenitude,
plenty;
abundance;
copiousness
etc.
adj.;
amplitude,
galore,
lots,
profusion;
full measure;
good measure pressed down and running, over."
luxuriance
etc.
(fertility)
168;
affluence
etc.
(wealth)
803;
fat of the land;
a land flowing with milk and honey;"
cornucopia;
horn of plenty,
horn of Amalthaea;
mine
etc.
(stock)
636.
outpouring;
flood
etc.
(great quantity)
31;
tide
etc.
(river)
348;
repletion
etc.
(redundancy)
641;
satiety
etc.
869.
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3 sufficiency
The quality of being sufficient for the end in view:
— He questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence.
synonym: adequacy.
Polish: wystarczalność
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