sufficiency

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /səˈfɪʃənsi/ UK /səˈfɪʃənsi/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
an adequate amount; the condition of being enough

The harvest ensured a sufficiency of grain for winter.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · an adequate amount; the... adequacy competence enough ampleness plenitude

Opposites

insufficiency inadequacy deficiency shortage

Word family

Related forms sufficient suffice efficient effect

Etymology

From Late Latin sufficientia ('adequacy'), from Latin sufficientem, present participle of sufficere ('to supply, be adequate'), from sub- ('up to') + facere ('to make, do').

sub Latin facere Latin

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# sufficiency

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səˈfɪʃənsi/
**IPA (UK):** /səˈfɪʃənsi/

## Meanings
1. an adequate amount; the condition of being enough

## Examples
- The harvest ensured a sufficiency of grain for winter.

## Synonyms
- adequacy
- competence
- enough
- ampleness
- plenitude

## Antonyms
- insufficiency
- inadequacy
- deficiency
- shortage

## Related Forms
- sufficient
- suffice
- efficient
- effect

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: sub
- Root: facere

## Etymology
From Late Latin sufficientia ('adequacy'), from Latin sufficientem, present participle of sufficere ('to supply, be adequate'), from sub- ('up to') + facere ('to make, do').

## AI Etymology
Sufficiency comes from Late Latin sufficientia ('adequacy'), from Latin sufficientem, present participle of sufficere ('to supply, be adequate'), from sub- ('up to') + facere ('to make, do'). The historical chain includes Latin sub and Latin facere. The quoted older senses, "adequacy", "to supply, be adequate", "up to", and "to make, do", supply the semantic anchors for sufficiency. The formation is best read as compound, participial, and borrowed: the word sufficiency carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "an adequate amount; the condition of being enough". Related English forms include sufficient, suffice, efficient, and effect. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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