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31sufficient — adjective formal as much as is needed for a particular purpose; enough: We can only prosecute if there is sufficient evidence. | sufficient to do sth: His income is sufficient to keep him comfortable. (+ for): There is sufficient food for… …
32sufficient reason, principle of — The principle of sufficient reason states that for every fact, event or state of affairs, there is a sufficient reason why that fact, event or state of affairs obtains. Leibniz viewed the principle as a first principle of reason, and it… …
33sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof — With allusion to MATTHEW vi. 34 (AV) Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 1766 in L. H. Butterfield et al. Adams Family Correspondence (1963) I. 56 Sufficient to the Day is the Evil thereof. 1836 J. CARLYLE Letter 1 Apr. in Letters &… …
34sufficient — adj. 1 sufficing, adequate, enough (is sufficient for a family; didn t have sufficient funds). 2 = SELF SUFFICIENT. 3 archaic competent; of adequate ability, resources, etc. Derivatives: sufficiently adv. Etymology: ME f. OF sufficient or L… …
35Sufficient causes — A sufficient cause is a complete casual mechanism. It can be defined as a set of events that inevitably produce disease. This can be depicted by disease causal chain. In disease etiology, the completion of a sufficient cause may be considered… …
36sufficient — sufficiently, adv. /seuh fish euhnt/, adj. 1. adequate for the purpose; enough: sufficient proof; sufficient protection. 2. Logic. (of a condition) such that its existence leads to the occurrence of a given event or the existence of a given thing …
37sufficient reason, principle of — ▪ philosophy in the philosophy of the 17th and 18th century philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm), an explanation to account for the existence of certain monads despite their contingency. Having ascribed to… …
38sufficient — adjective /səˈfɪʃənt/ a) Equal to the end proposed; adequate to wants; enough; ample; competent; as, provision sufficient for the family; an army sufficient to defend the country. b) Possessing adequate talents or accomplishments; of competent… …
39sufficient — Synonyms and related words: OK, acceptable, adequacy, adequate, admissible, agreeable, all right, ample, authoritative, barely sufficient, better than nothing, binding, cogent, comfortable, commensurable, commensurate, common, competence,… …
40sufficient*/*/ — [səˈfɪʃ(ə)nt] adj as much as is needed Syn: enough Ant: insufficient The wages were not sufficient for people to live on.[/ex] There is now sufficient evidence to prove his claims.[/ex] sufficiently adv …
