English Dictionary

suffice

IPA（発音記号）

/səˈfaɪs/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞

(intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough. / (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

日本語の意味

十分である（要求や必要性を満たすほどの量や質がある） / 足りる（必要な量や基準に達している） / 満足させる（要望や条件に合致している）

A brief explanation will suffice for most readers.

簡単な説明でほとんどの読者には十分だ。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.

意味（2）

(transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.

意味（3）

To furnish; to supply adequately.

suffices （ present singular third-person ）

sufficing （ participle present ）

sufficed （ participle past ）

sufficed （ past ）