sufficiency
sufficiency noun: the quality or condition of being sufficient.
Noun
sufficiency (countable and uncountable, plural sufficiencies)
- The quality or condition of being sufficient.
- An adequate amount.
- But the Eastern front of the Allies was far more vulnerable. Russia could not begin to supply herself with a sufficiency of large guns and of heavy munitionment for them.1916, Hilaire Belloc, A General Sketch of the European War: The second phase, page 388
sufficiency meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
sufficiency in Hindi
- quality or condition of being sufficient
- पर्याप्तता paryāptatā
- adequate amount
- पर्याप्त paryāpt
sufficiency in Tamil
- நிறைவு, போதிய அளவு, போதுமை
sufficiency in Urdu
- quality or condition of being sufficient
- کِفایَت kifāyat
sufficiency in Bengali
- পর্যাপ্ততা, প্রাচুর্য
More languagesFewer languages
- sufficiency in Telugu
- చాలు cālu
- sufficiency in Malayalam
- പര്യാപ്തത, പ്രാപ്തി, ശേഷി
- sufficiency in Gujarati
- પર્યાપ્તતા
- sufficiency in Odia
- ପର୍ଯ୍ଯ଼ାପ୍ତତା, ଯଥେଷ୍ଟତା
- sufficiency in Nepali
- पर्याप्तता
- sufficiency in Tagalog
- katanapan
- sufficiency in Arabic
- كِفَايَة kifāya
Synonyms of sufficiency
Antonyms
Forms of sufficiency
| plural | sufficiencies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | sufficiencie |
Words formed from sufficiency
Questions about sufficiency
- What does sufficiency mean?
- Sufficiency means the quality or condition of being sufficient.
- What is sufficiency in Hindi?
- Sufficiency in Hindi is पर्याप्तता (paryāptatā), पर्याप्त (paryāpt). See Sufficiency meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sufficiency?
- Sufficiency is a noun.
- What is the plural of sufficiency?
- The plural of sufficiency is sufficiencies.
Words near sufficiency in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sufficiency (page history and authors); sufficiency (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sufficiency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); చాలు (Telugu) (page history and authors); sufficiency (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sufficiency (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sufficiency (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sufficiency (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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