suffice

«suffice» in Mova's school dictionary: to be enough — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (suffice, suffices, sufficed, sufficing)

meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To suffice is to be enough. tree →

2) (formal) «Suffice it to say» means «I will only say this, because it is enough». tree →

sense in the lessons

It is a stiff, formal word used in exam and official language; in everyday life people say «that will do» or «that's enough». In maths, «£5 will suffice» means £5 is enough money. Phrases: will suffice, suffice it to say.

examples

• A short answer will suffice. (formal) tree →
• Two litres of water should suffice for the walk. tree →
• Suffice it to say, the party was a disaster. tree →
• One sandwich sufficed for lunch. tree →
• £20 will suffice to buy the tickets. tree →
• A smile will suffice as a thank you. tree →
• This does not seem much, but it sufficed Maie for a herb plot. tree →

note

Formal regular verb. Say suh-FICE. The adjective is «sufficient» (enough). In a maths problem, «will it suffice?» means «is it enough?»: compare what you have with what you need; if have ≥ need, it suffices.

In the corpora

• And he shall offer one of the turtle-doves, or of the young pigeons, such as his means suffice for;

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suffice» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.