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Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-fish-uh n-see
Phonetic Transcription : səˈfɪʃ ən si



Définition of sufficiency

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Latin sufficientia, from sufficiens (see sufficient) + -cy. Sufficience is from late 14c.
  • noun adequacy
Example sentences :
  • With national ownership a sufficiency of cars would be provided.
  • Extract from : « The Railroad Question » by William Larrabee
  • With them he fences heroically and causes a sufficiency of clatter and noise.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • Beyond a sufficiency for his daily needs money has not much value.
  • Extract from : « The Soul of a People » by H. Fielding
  • Indeed, there had been a sufficiency of law and lawyers in my affairs already.
  • Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • These concern the sufficiency of the consideration and the moment when the contract is made.
  • Extract from : « The Common Law » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
  • Our sufficiency is of God, not of ourselves, and to Him we ascribe all honor and glory.
  • Extract from : « The Right Knock » by Helen Van-Anderson
  • For the greater part of his life he never knew what it was to have a sufficiency of means.
  • Extract from : « Kosciuszko » by Monica Mary Gardner
  • As God, He has a sufficiency of it for every moment of the life of every believer.
  • Extract from : « Holy in Christ » by Andrew Murray
  • Save a "sufficiency of fish" from the first runs, he wisely ordered.
  • Extract from : « The Bounty of the Chesapeake » by James Wharton
  • One knows not entirely:—but with soap and a sufficiency of water, he can wash.
  • Extract from : « Past and Present » by Thomas Carlyle

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