1. прилагательное достаточный; обоснованный Например: lawfully sufficient — юридически достаточный; юридически обоснованный reasonably sufficient — достаточно обоснованный sufficient for something — достаточный для чего-либо He had not sufficient courage for it. — На это у него не хватило смелости. It would have been sufficient to send a brief note. — Можно было ограничиться лишь кратким сообщением. A sufficient number to make a quorum. — Достаточное количество людей для кворума. The English people is sufficient for itself. — Английский народ самодостаточен. Синоним(ы): adequate 2. имя существительное [используется в разговорной речи] достаточное количество
adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin sufficient-, sufficiens, from present participle of sufficere 1. a. enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end Example: sufficient provisions for a month b. being a sufficient condition 2. archaic qualified, competent • sufficiently adverb Synonyms: sufficient, enough, adequate, competent mean being what is necessary or desirable. sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need Example: sufficient savings. enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient Example: do you have enough food?. adequate may imply barely meeting a requirement Example: the service was adequate. competent suggests measuring up to all requirements without question or being adequately adapted to an end Example: had no competent notion of what was going on.