sufficient

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant

Etymology

From Old French sufisanz, soficient, from Latin sufficiēns, present participle of sufficiō.

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