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Word entry · 7 letters

suffice

Best crossword clue

"Be enough"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /səˈfaɪs/Part of speech verbSorted ceffisuStarts with SEnds with E1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

Word origin

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

Used in a sentence

  • For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.
  • To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?
  • A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.

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