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  • 41sufficient — /səˈfɪʃənt / (say suh fishuhnt) adjective 1. that suffices; enough or adequate: sufficient proof; sufficient protection. 2. Obsolete competent or capable, as a person. {Middle English, from Latin sufficiens, present participle, sufficing}… …

  • 42sufficient evidence — Abstractly, evidence of such probative value as to support the verdict of the jury or a finding of fact by the court. Practically, evidence such as will satisfy an unprejudiced mind of the truth of that which the court or jury has found to be the …

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  • 43sufficient condition — noun 1. : a cause, ground, or condition such that if it be given the thing in question is assured 2. : condition 2a(3) * * * sufficient condition noun (logic) A condition or proposition whose existence assures the truth of, or leads to the… …

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  • 44sufficient reason — noun 1. : law of sufficient reason 2. : sufficient condition …

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  • 45sufficient condition — See condition, necessary/sufficient …

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  • 46sufficient — See enough. See enough, sufficient …

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  • 47sufficient — • tillräcklig, lagom, betryggande, nöjaktig, passande, passabel, sufficient …

    Svensk synonymlexikon

  • 48sufficient — [14] Sufficient originated as the present participle of Latin sufficere ‘be enough’ (source also of English suffice [14]). This was a compound verb formed from the prefix sub ‘under’ and facere ‘do, make’ (source of English fact, factory, etc).… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 49sufficient — adjective & determiner enough; adequate. Derivatives sufficiently adverb Origin ME (in the sense legally satisfactory ): from OFr., or from L. sufficient (see suffice) …

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  • 50sufficient — adjective there was sufficient evidence to justify a charge Syn: enough, plenty of, ample; adequate, satisfactory Ant: inadequate …

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