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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#m1)

2) (formal) «Suffice it to say» means «I will only say this, because it is enough». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#m2)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x1)
- Two litres of water should suffice for the walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x2)
- Suffice it to say, the party was a disaster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x3)
- One sandwich sufficed for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x4)
- £20 will suffice to buy the tickets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x5)
- A smile will suffice as a thank you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x6)
- This does not seem much, but it sufficed Maie for a herb plot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/#x7)

### 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;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/LEV.399/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suffice» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suffice/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.