"sufficiency" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sufficiency.wav [UK] Forms: sufficiencies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural sufficiencies)
  1. (uncountable) The quality or condition of being sufficient. Tags: uncountable Translations (quality or condition of being sufficient): 𐕗𐕒𐕡𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ṗueun) (Aghwan), ἐπάρκεια (epárkeia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), suficiència [feminine] (Catalan), riittävyys (Finnish), επάρκεια (epárkeia) [feminine] (Greek), पर्याप्तता (paryāptatā) (Hindi), किफ़ायत (kifāyat) (Hindi), leorgacht [feminine] (Irish), satietas [feminine] (Latin), besî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), têrî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), fòghnadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), suficiencia [feminine] (Spanish), tillräcklighet [common-gender] (Swedish), katanapan (Tagalog), yeterlilik (Turkish), yeterlik (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sufficiency-en-noun-PDhtSWW8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of 'quality or condition of being sufficient': 97 3
  2. (countable) An adequate amount. Tags: countable Translations (adequate amount): riittävyys (Finnish), sato (Ido), sufico (Ido), leordhóthain [feminine] (Irish), sáith [feminine] (Irish), fòghnadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-sufficiency-en-noun-SHXCPT1X Disambiguation of 'adequate amount': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: enoughness, sufficience, sufficiencie [obsolete] Derived forms: haplosufficiency, insufficiency, nonsufficiency, self-sufficiency, unsufficiency

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