sufficient

/sə-ˈfi-shənt/

Middle English sufficiant, sufficient, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French suffisant, sufficient, in part from present participle of suffire "to sufficesufficient-, sufficiens, from present participle of sufficere "to have enough strength or capacity, be adequate"

adjective

  1. enough to meet the needs of a situation or a proposed end

  2. being a sufficient condition

  3. qualified, competent

sufficient provisions for a month

sufficient enough adequate competent mean being what is necessary or desirable. sufficient suggests a close meeting of a need. enough is less exact in suggestion than sufficient.

noun

  1. a proposition whose truth assures the truth of another proposition

  2. a state of affairs whose existence assures the existence of another state of affairs

adjective

  1. able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid : capable of providing for one's own needs

  2. having an extreme confidence in one's own ability or worth : haughty, overbearing

a self-sufficient farm