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How to pronounce sufficiency in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms enough
Type of relative quantity
Has types fill
Derivation suffice, sufficient


there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country.
Type Words
Synonyms adequacy
Type of quality
Has types ampleness
Derivation suffice, sufficient


he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence.
Type Words
Type of wealth, wealthiness
Derivation suffice


her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency.

Examples of sufficiency

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His work quickly put Mexico on the road to self-sufficiency in wheat production.
From the time.com
Pride in agricultural self-sufficiency, with the farmer as folk hero, is strong.
From the economist.com
Interdependence is and ought to be as much the ideal of man as self-sufficiency.
From the psychcentral.com
This has had severe implications for Haiti's food supplies and self sufficiency.
From the guardian.co.uk
As an example of dynamical sufficiency, consider the case of sickle cell anemia.
From the en.wikipedia.org
He says blacks can achieve greater self-sufficiency with a strong economic base.
From the usatoday.com
From wheat self-sufficiency, Egypt has become the world's biggest wheat importer.
From the kentucky.com
I also pointed out that the U.S. does have forces of strategic sufficiency today.
From the time.com
We need to work together to help people move from dependency to self-sufficiency.
From the washingtonpost.com
More examples
  • Sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"
  • Enough: an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
  • In statistics, a sufficient statistic is a statistic which has the property of sufficiency with respect to a statistical model and its associated unknown parameter, meaning that "no other statistic which can be calculated from the same sample provides any additional information as to the value ...
  • Quality or condition of being sufficient; An adequate amount
  • Refers to evidence of assessment. Sufficient evidence will establish with confidence that all criteria have been met and that performance to the required standard could be repeated with consistency.
  • Sufficiency is the state of being, the state of knowing, the state or relating to the world that there is enough.
  • A condition of enough to provide for survival and comfort but without undue excess. (See DECONSUMERISM, DEMATERIALIZATION) (MP)
  • The method used for specifying the numbers and types of assessment evidence selected to demonstrate proficiency, how and when the pieces of evidence will be collected, and the rationale for the methodology chosen to determine sufficiency.
  • The principle of sufficiency asks the important question 'how much is enough?' - in terms of what we currently produce and consume in contrast to what in fact we can happily get by with(out). Concepts of sufficiency challenges capitalism which supports unbounded global growth and development. ...