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Definition: Sufficient |
SufficientAdjective1. Of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "sufficient" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
Etymology: Sufficient \Suf*fi"cient\, adjective. [Latin expression sufficiens, -entis, present participle of sufficere: compare to the French expression suffisant. See Suffice.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In statistics, one often considers a family of probability distributions for a random variable X (and X is often a vector whose components are scalar-valued random variables, frequently independent) parameterized by a scalar- or vector-valued parameter, which let us call θ. A quantity T(X) that depends on the (observable) random variable X but not on the (unobservable) parameter θ is called a statistic. Sir Ronald Fisher tried to make precise the intuitive idea that a statistic may capture all of the information in X that is relevant to the estimation of θ. A statistic that does that is called a sufficient statistic. The precise definition is this: A statistic T(X) is sufficient for θ precisely if the conditional probability distribution of the data X given the statistic T(X) does not depend on θ.For example:
Since the conditional distribution of X given T(X) does not depend on θ, neither does the conditional expected value of g(X) given T(X), where g is any (sufficiently well-behaved) function. Consequently that conditional expected value is actually a statistic, and so is available for use in estimation. If g(X) is any kind of estimator of θ, then typically the conditional expectation of g(X) given T(X) is a better estimator of θ ; one way of making that statement precise is called the Rao-Blackwell Theorem. Sometimes one can very easily construct a very crude estimator g(X), and then evaluate that conditional expected value to get an estimator that is in various senses optimal.
- If X1, ...., Xn are independent Bernoulli-distributed random variables with expected value p, then the sum X1 + ... + Xn is a sufficient statistic for p.
- If X1,....,Xn are independent and uniformly distributed on the interval [0,θ], then max(X1,....,Xn ) is sufficient for θ.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Sufficiency (statistics)."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| suf | English | Sufficient | Language |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: SufficientSynonyms: adequate, ample, competent, full, satisfactory, valid. (additional references) |
| Antonym: insufficient (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Strength | Resistless, irresistible, invincible, proof against, impregnable, unconquerable, indomitable, dominating, inextinguishable, unquenchable; incontestable; more than a match for; overpowering, overwhelming; all powerful, all sufficient; sovereign. |
Sufficiency | Verb: be sufficient; Adjective:; suffice, do, just do, satisfy, pass muster; have enough; Noun: eat. one's fill, drink one's fill, have one's fill; roll in, swim in; wallow in; (superabundance) ; wanton. |
Render sufficient; Adjective:; replenish.(fill). | |
Adjective: sufficient, enough, adequate, up to the mark, commensurate, competent, satisfactory, valid, tangible. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | They kill, Mr. Manley, in sufficient numbers (Arachnophobia; writing credit: Don Jakoby; Al Williams) Gentlemen! If I cut my own head off with sufficient force, the blood will rocket out my neck and propel my body to Phoenix (Aqua Teen Hunger Force; writing credit: Matt Maiellaro; Dave Willis) | |
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 | This is advanced malignant melanoma. At the left, one can see a plaque of early, radial growth phase superficial spreading melanoma. To the right, and contiguous with the plaque, is a pink (amelanotic) nodule of deeply invasive vertical growth phase melanoma. Melanomas diagnosed at this stage have a poor prognosis; many of these patients develop metastatic disease and die from their cancer. In the majority of instances, the plaque stage of melanoma is present for a sufficient period of time to permit its diagnosis and removal before it progresses to a more advanced (and more difficult to treat) stage. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. |  | Beginning of the Alaska King Crab fishery. Meat from one crab is sufficient to fill several cans. Scientists of the Fish and Wildlife Service, a forerunner of today's NMFS, showed where to catch crabs and helped develop satisfactory canning methods. King crab being shown by Captain Trafton on the ship DOROTHY. F&W - 12,476. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Eastern milksnake - Lampropeltis triangulum triangulum. This snake is a constrictor and kills its prey by exerting sufficient pressure to stop its breathing. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Are education and propaganda sufficient to alter the habits which breed sexually transmitted diseases? / WHO/Camera Press, London photo. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Temporary auto license. A common sight in migratory labor camps. Many enter California after cotton picking in Arizona without sufficient money to buy license plates. California. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Loading "dust" (insect spray) into plane of agricultural crop spraying outfit. This particular group of flying insect killers follow the seasons from Florida to Jersey to New York State. Planes are usually old (new planes with sufficient carrying capacity. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mr. Ovegen Arakelian, Armenian vegetable farmer in West Andover, Massachusetts. Has eleven acre farm which is not sufficient to get them thru the winter months. Their son tries to get work in mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | It is sufficient to recall that in our present historical situation ... there are only two possible paths for an independent nation--to return to imperialist domination ... or take the way of socialism. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Alexander The Great | A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient. |
Author Unknown | Is your love for the Lord sufficient to give all your time and talents to his work? |
Duc de La Rochefoucauld | All of us have sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others. |
Francis Bacon | Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance. |
Henri Frederic Amiel | Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for nothing. |
Howard Scott | A criminal is a person with predatory instincts who has not sufficient capital to form a corporation. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | When firmness is sufficient, rashness is unnecessary. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | A sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women. |
Rochefoucauld | Few persons have sufficient wisdom to prefer censure, which is useful, to praise which deceives them. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | Neither we nor our bailiffs will seize any land or rent for any debt, as long as the chattels of the debtor are sufficient to repay the debt; nor shall the sureties of the debtor be distrained so long as the principal debtor is able to satisfy the debt; and if the principal debtor shall fail to pay the debt, having nothing wherewith to pay it, then the sureties shall answer for the debt; and let them have the lands and rents of the debtor, if they desire them, until they are indemnified for the debt which they have paid for him, unless the principal debtor can show proof that he is discharged thereof as against the said sureties. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Though it be a sufficient answer to their objection, to shew that it involves them in the same difficulties that it doth those they use it against; yet I shall endeavour to discover the weakness of this argument a little farther. (Second Treatise of Government) |
US Constitution | 1791 | The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same. (reference) |
Marbury v. Madison | 1803 | If the legislature should change that rule, and declare one witness, or a confession out of court, sufficient for conviction, must the constitutional principle yield to the legislative act? (reference) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | Officers belonging to the Germany Navy and not demobilised must engage to serve till the age of forty-five, unless discharged for sufficient reasons. (reference) |
John F. Kennedy | 1961 | For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | A few minutes were sufficient for making her acquainted with her own heart |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | His bright glances, his firm accent, and the muscular movements of his shoulders seemed almost sufficient to disconcert death |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | To satisfy my curious reader, it may be sufficient to describe Lorbrulgrud |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | There is commonly sufficient space about us. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Cardiac monitors may be sufficient for monitoring some infants. (references) | |
A small inoculum (10 to 200 organisms) is sufficient to cause infection. (references) | ||
However, history alone may not be sufficient to establish this risk factor. (references) | ||
Business | Russia does not have a mature and sufficient middle class population. (references) | |
The total capacity of landfills for municipal waste is sufficient at present. (references) | ||
The existing medical facilities in Pakistan are not sufficient to cope with the demand. (references) | ||
Children | Algeria | Legal experts maintain that the Penal and Family Codes do not offer children sufficient protection. (references) |
Cambodia | Despite an extensive government school construction program, schools are overcrowded and lack sufficient equipment. (references) | |
Malaysia | Special education schools exist, but they are not sufficient to meet the needs of persons with disabilities population. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Lebanon | The group must ensure that the number of its adherents is sufficient to maintain its continuity. (references) |
Chad | When the prosecutor decided to close the case for lack of sufficient evidence, the soldiers threatened Didama. (references) | |
India | In 1997 the Mumbai High Court recognized abuse alone as sufficient grounds for a Christian woman to obtain a divorce. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | Sufficient Chilean, U.S., and third-country banks operate in Chile. (references) |
Bangladesh | It must also have sufficient foreign exchange to make those payments. (references) | |
Croatia | Some firms may lack sufficient capital to handle product marketing and wide distribution. (references) | |
Human Rights | Jamaica | The lack of sufficient staff and resources hinders due process. (references) |
Ireland | Prisons also lacked sufficient health care facilities and services. (references) | |
Syria | Overcrowding and the denial of sufficient nourishment occur at several prisons. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Paraguay | Lack of access to sufficient land also hinders the ability of indigenous groups to progress economically and maintain their cultural identity. (references) |
Australia | Howard proposed that Parliament express "its deep and sincere regret" that Aboriginals had "suffered injustices under the practices of past generations, and for the hurt and trauma that many indigenous people continue to feel." However, both Aboriginal and opposition leaders stated that only a full apology would be sufficient. (references) | |
Japan | The Ainu continue to face societal discrimination while engaging in an uphill struggle against complete assimilation, although Ainu-language newspapers, radio programs, and academic programs studying Ainu culture have increased since 1997. In March the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) noted that the country "has not taken sufficient steps to address the issue of discriminatory treatment of Koreans and Ainu living in" the country. (references) | |
Minorities | Switzerland | Some claimed that the family's German language skills were not sufficient for citizenship. (references) |
Zimbabwe | Muslims have complained of discrimination by private employers who refuse to allow them sufficient time to worship at their mosques on Fridays. (references) | |
Lebanon | Palestinian children reportedly have been forced to leave school at an early age because U.N. relief workers do not have sufficient funds for education programs. (references) | |
Political Economy | East Timor | The majority of the population has basic shelter and sufficient food supplies. (references) |
HUNGARY | Some question exists of whether sufficient legal authority exists for civil ex parte search procedures. (references) | |
COLOMBIA | As of July 2001, the government had drawn sufficient demand from investors to complete bond deals for $2 billion. (references) | |
Political Rights | Kenya | Most councils lack sufficient financial autonomy and revenues to perform adequately even these limited functions. (references) |
Zambia | This act was largely a symbolic gesture, as the President retained sufficient support to block a two-thirds impeachment vote. (references) | |
Guyana | On January 15, Justice Claudette Singh ruled that, although irregularities took place, they were not sufficient to invalidate the election. (references) | |
Trade | Canada | In general, a name and address sufficient for postal delivery is acceptable. (references) |
Nepal | The industry must also submit a bank guarantee sufficient to cover applicable duties. (references) | |
Malaysia | Importers and exporters have sufficient access to foreign exchange to carry on their business. (references) | |
Travel | Bulgaria | The Bulgarian authorities do not consider a copy of the passport sufficient. (references) |
Taiwan | Visitors should, however, bring sufficient supplies of any specific medications they might require. (references) | |
Guyana | Travelers need a valid passport and a return ticket or proof of sufficient funds for onward passage. (references) | |
Women | Morocco | Medical certificates are not sufficient. (references) |
Hong Kong | In May the UNCECSR expressed concern that the Commission might not have sufficient resources and powers to pursue its mission. (references) | |
India | In the typical dowry dispute, a groom's family members harass a new wife whom they believe has not provided a sufficient dowry. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Palau | Some workers also complained that they are not provided sufficient food. (references) |
Ghana | They seldom receive sufficient food or health care, and do not attend school. (references) | |
Azerbaijan | This wage is not sufficient to provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | QUORUM, n. A sufficient number of members of a deliberative body to have their own way and their own way of having it. In the United States Senate a quorum consists of the chairman of the Committee on Finance and a messenger from the White House; in the House of Representatives, of the Speaker and the devil. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | But besides this, it is in our own experience that the most sincere neutrality is not a sufficient guard against the depredations of nations at war. |
Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | The Constitution indeed has wisely provided that for admission to certain offices of important trust a residence shall be required sufficient to develop character and design. |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Such, however, is the variety of soils, of climates, and of products within our extensive limits that the aggregate resources for subsistence are more than sufficient for the aggregate wants. |
Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | Among them was the demarcation of boundaries not described with sufficient precision in the treaty of peace. |
Benjamin Harrison | 1889-1893 | Our revenue should be ample to meet the ordinary annual demands upon our Treasury, with a sufficient margin for those extraordinary but scarcely less imperative demands which arise now and then. |
Herbert C. Hoover | 1929-1933 | One civilization after another has been wrecked upon the attempt to secure sufficient leadership from a single group or class. |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | I consider the progress toward multilateral trade which will be achieved by this agreement to be in itself sufficient warrant for the credit. |
John F. Kennedy | 1961-1963 | For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Military strength alone is not sufficient. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Recent agreement to increase quotas by fifty percent will ensure the IMF has sufficient resources to perform its central role in promoting adjustment and financing payments imbalances. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Sufficient" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 99.85% of the time. "Sufficient" is used about 5,920 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 99.85% | 5,911 | 1,648 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.15% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 5,920 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "sufficient": all sufficient ♦ barely sufficient ♦ be sufficient ♦ render sufficient ♦ self sufficient ♦ sufficient for. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "sufficient": all-sufficient, be self-sufficient, clear-sufficient, in-sufficient, self-sufficient. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "sufficient"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | genoeg (enough). (various references) | |
Albanian | sasi e mjaftueshme (fill), i mjaftueshëm (adequate, ample, enough, plenty, snug), i mjaftë (due, enough, pretty). (various references) | |
Arabic | كاف (adequate, appropriate, due, enough, suitable), واف (due, enough). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | задоволителен (adequate, passable, possible, satisfactory, well), достатъчен (adequate, ample, comfortable, competent, enough, good, plenty, satisfactory). (various references) | |
Chinese | 充足 (abundant, adequate). (various references) | |
Czech | vhodný (adequate, advisable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, convenient, desirable, eligible, expedient, felicitous, fit, fitting, good, happy, matching, opportune, presentable, proper, propitious, right, suitable, suited), dostateèný (ample, satisfactory). (various references) | |
Danish | tilstrækkelig (enough), nok (certainly, enough, quite, rather, sufficiently). (various references) | |
Dutch | voldoende (enough, plenty of, quite, rather, sufficiently), genoeg (enough, quite, rather, sufficiently). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sufiĉa (enough). (various references) | |
Faeroese | nóg mikil (enough). (various references) | |
Finnish | riittävä (adequate). (various references) | |
French | suffisant. (various references) | |
Frisian | genôch (enough, quite, rather, sufficiently). (various references) | |
German | genügend (adequate, ample, enough, quite, rather, satisfactory, sufficiently), hinlänglich (adequate, adequately, enough, quite, rather, satisfactory, sufficiently). (various references) | |
Greek | ικανόσ (able, able bodied, apt, capable, competent, efficient, fit, potent, shifty, skilful), επαρκήσ (adequate, ample, competent), επαρκής (adequate), αρκετόσ (adequate, enough, hankydory, pretty). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מספיק (adequate, ample, enough), "י (adequacy, adequate, enough, plenty, quite, sufficiency). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elegendõ (adequate, enough, suffice), elegendő (ample, competent, suffice, to suffice), elégséges (adequate, enough, rather weak, satisfactory, suffice), elég (adequate, burn, burn out, enough, enow, fairly, have a fair knowledge of english, respectable, suffice, that's enough, to burn away, to burn out, to last, to last out, to suffice). (various references) | |
Icelandic | nægilegur (enough). (various references) | |
Indonesian | secukupnya (adequate). (various references) | |
Irish | leor (enough). (various references) | |
Italian | sufficiente (adequate, ample, comfortable, enough, fair, haughty, plenty, satisfactory). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 碌に (enough, well), 十分 (10 minutes, adequate, division into ten, enough, fully, in full, perfect, plenty, satisfactory, thorough), 充分 (adequate, enough, fully, in full, perfect, plenty, satisfactory, thorough). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ろくに (enough, well), じゅうぶ" (adequate, compound sentence, division into ten, enough, fully, important national treasure, in full, perfect, plenty, satisfactory, thorough). (various references) | |
Korean | 충분한 (Adequate, Ample). (various references) | |
Norwegian | nok (enough). (various references) | |
Papiamen | sufisiente (enough). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ufficientsay.(various references) | |
Polish | wystarczający (enough). (various references) | |
Portuguese | suficiente (adequate, enough), bastante (a good deal, a lot, a smart few, ample, enough, fair, fairly, half, much, plenty, precious, pretty, quite, rater, rather, several, some, sufficiently). (various references) | |
Romanian | suficient (adequate, adequately, ample, conceited, duly, enough, satisfactory, sufficiently), destul (ample, enough, let it suffice, some, stop, sufficiently, that will do), de ajuns (enough, quite, rather, sufficiently), cantitate suficientã (enough), îndestulãtor (ample, enough). (various references) | |
Russian | достаточный (adequate, ample, comfortable, competent, decent 2, enough). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dovoljan (adequate, enough, satisfying). (various references) | |
Spanish | bastante (a good bit, a good deal, a good few, a little, enough, fairly, lot, nice, passably, pretty, quite, quite a bit, quite a bit of, quite a few, quite a lot of, rather, some, somewhat, sufficiently, to some extend, to some extent), suficiente (adequate, ample, comfortable, complacent, d, enough, plenty, plenty of, self-approving, self-complacent, supercilious). (various references) | |
Swahili | -a kutosha (enough), a kutosha (enough). (various references) | |
Swedish | tillräcklig (adequate, enough). (various references) | |
Thai | พอเพียง (do, enough). (various references) | |
Turkish | yeterli kalite, yeterli (adequate, ample, competent, decent, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal, fit, qualified, satisfactory, satisfying, snug, suited, that will do, working), yeter (be done, enough, enough of that, enough said, less of that, no more, that will do, there is an end of it), nitelikli (eligible, qualified), kâfi (ample, enough), elverişli (adequate, auspicious, convenient, favourable, opportune, practicable, practical, propitious, prosperous, streamlined, suitable, susceptible). (various references) | |
Turkmen | bolelenlik. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | компетентний (adequate, competent, qualified), достатній (adequate, affluent, bounteous, enough, passable, snug), достатня кількість (enough, fill). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | số lượng đủ. (various references) | |
Welsh | digonol (abundant, adequate, satisfied, satisfying), digon (ample, done, enough, plenty), abl (able, rich, well-off). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | conpetit, satis, sufficiens, sufficientes, sufficientia, sufficientiam, sufficientis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 16 |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Mel invenisti comede quod sufficit tibi ne forte saturatus evomas illud |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Hony thou hast founden, ett that suffiseth to thee; lest parauenture fulfild thou spewe it out. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | If you have honey, take only as much as is enough for you; for fear that, being full of it, you may not be able to keep it down. |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 25, Verse 16 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Nakakaplag ba ikaw ug dugos? kumaon ka sumala sa igo kanimo, Tingali unya ikaw mabusog ug magasuka niana. |
| Croatian | Kad naiðeš na med, jedi umjereno, kako se ne bi prejeo i pojedeno izbljuvao. |
| Danish | Finder du Honning, så spis til Behov, at du ikke bliver mæt og igen spyr den ud. |
| Dutch | Hebt gij honig gevonden, eet dat u genoeg is; opdat gij misschien daarvan niet zat wordt, en dien uitspuwt. |
| Finnish | Jos hunajata löydät, syö kohtuudella, ettet kyllästyisi siihen ja sitä oksentaisi. |
| French | Si tu trouves du miel, n`en mange que ce qui te suffit, De peur que tu n`en sois rassasié et que tu ne le vomisses. |
| German | Findest du Honig, so iß davon, so viel dir genug ist, daß du nicht zu satt wirst und speiest ihn aus. |
| Hungarian | Ha mézet találsz, egyél a mennyi elég néked; de sokat ne egyél, hogy ki ne hányd azt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jangan makan madu banyak-banyak; nanti engkau menjadi muak. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Sudahkah engkau mendapat air madu, makanlah seberapa banyak yang patut, asal jangan engkau terlalu kenyang, lalu engkau muntahkan dia pula; |
| Italian | Se hai trovato il miele, mangiane quanto ti basta, per non esserne nauseato e poi vomitarlo. |
| Maori | ¶ Kua kitea e koe he honi? Kainga ko te wahi e makona ai koe; kei ki rawa koe i taua mea, ka ruakina e koe. |
| Norwegian | Har du funnet honning, så et av den det du trenger, forat du ikke skal bli lei av den og spy den ut! |
| Portuguese | Se achaste mel, come somente o que te basta, para que porventura não te fartes dele, e o venhas a vomitar. |
| Rumanian | Dacq dai peste miere, nu mknca deckt atkt ckt kyi ajunge, ca sq nu yi se sckrbeascq wi s`o verwi din gurq. - |
| Russian | оБЫЕМ ФЩ НЕ", --ЕЫШ, УЛПМШЛП ФЕ'Е ПФТЕ'ОП, ЮФП'Щ ОЕ ТЕУЩФЙФШУС ЙН Й ОЕ ЙЪ'МЕЧБФШ ЕЗП. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "sufficient": sufficiently. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "sufficient": insufficient. (additional references) | |
Words containing "sufficient": insufficiently. (additional references) | |
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"Sufficient" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: suffecient, sufficent, sufficiant, sufficicnt, suffieient, suffishent. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "sufficient" (pronounced sufi"shunt) |
| 8 | s u f i" sh u n t | insufficient. |
| 7 | -u f i" sh u n t | beneficent, coefficient, deficient, efficient, inefficient. |
| 6 | -f i" sh u n t | proficient. |
| 5 | -i" sh u n t | omniscient. |
| 4 | -sh u n t | abortifacient, impatient, inpatient, outpatient, patient, quotient. |
| 3 | -u n t | agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convent, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, fervent, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, insignificant, insistent, insolent, insolvent, installment, instant, instrument, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irrelevant, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, observant, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, relevant, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, servant, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, solvent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-f-f-i-i-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: cutinise. | |
-3 letters: cuisine, fifties, finites, iffiest, incites, infects, nifties, stiffen, suffice, tiffins, unifies, unities. | |
-4 letters: cities, cuties, cutins, feints, ficins, finest, finite, fistic, funest, fustic, iciest, incest, incise, incite, incuse, infect, infest, infuse, insect, nicest, seniti, tenuis, tiffin, tunics, unfits, unific, unites, unties. | |
-5 letters: cents, centu, cesti, cines, cites, cuffs, cuifs, cutes, cutie, cutin. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-f-f-i-i-n-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: insufficient, sufficiently. | |
+4 letters: insufficiently, superefficient. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Photo Album 7. Quotations: Familiar 8. Quotations: Historic | 9. Quotations: Fiction 10. Quotations: Non-fiction 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Expressions 14. Expressions: Internet 15. Translations: Modern 16. Translations: Ancient | 17. Bible Trace 18. Abbreviations 19. Acronyms 20. Derivations | 21. Rhymes 22. Anagrams 23. Bibliography |
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