Suffice
verb
To be enough or adequate.
A small income will suffice for my needs.
Often appears as...
- suffice to say
- suffice it to say
verb
To meet or satisfy a need.
The existing staff will not suffice to complete the project on time.
Often appears as...
- not suffice
- suffice for
verb
To have the required skills or qualities for a particular role or task.
His experience in marketing will suffice for this job.
Often appears as...
- will suffice
- should suffice
verb
To be enough or adequate.
A small income will suffice for my needs.
Often appears as...
- suffice to say
- suffice it to say
verb
To meet or satisfy a need.
The existing staff will not suffice to complete the project on time.
Often appears as...
- not suffice
- suffice for
verb
To have the required skills or qualities for a particular role or task.
His experience in marketing will suffice for this job.
Often appears as...
- will suffice
- should suffice
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Often used to indicate that something is barely enough, with no excess.
Two sandwiches will suffice for lunch, though there won't be any left over.
Pro Tip 2/3Minimal Adequacy
Implies completeness, but just to the minimum requirement.
If funds are tight, a simple gift will suffice.
Pro Tip 3/3Humble Tone
Can suggest a modest or non-demanding attitude when used personally.
A place to sleep is all that will suffice for me.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Often used to indicate that something is barely enough, with no excess.
Two sandwiches will suffice for lunch, though there won't be any left over.
Pro Tip 2/3Minimal Adequacy
Implies completeness, but just to the minimum requirement.
If funds are tight, a simple gift will suffice.
Pro Tip 3/3Humble Tone
Can suggest a modest or non-demanding attitude when used personally.
A place to sleep is all that will suffice for me.
Pro Tip 1/3Context Matters
Often used to indicate that something is barely enough, with no excess.
Two sandwiches will suffice for lunch, though there won't be any left over.
Pro Tip 2/3Minimal Adequacy
Implies completeness, but just to the minimum requirement.
If funds are tight, a simple gift will suffice.
Pro Tip 3/3Humble Tone
Can suggest a modest or non-demanding attitude when used personally.
A place to sleep is all that will suffice for me.
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The Greek myth of Talos,...
But mortal guards and ordinary weapons wouldn’t suffice, so the visionary god devised an indomitable new defender. In the fires of his forge, Hephaestus cast his invention in the shape of a giant man. Made of gleaming bronze; endowed with superhuman strength, and powered by ichor, the life fluid of the gods,
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What crows teach us...
on which to hang our hats. But in life and death, things are rarely so neat, and I really came face to face with that in a follow-up experiment, where we were looking at how crows respond to dead crows in the absence of any kind of predator. And suffice it to say, we found that in these cases,
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How to detect a...
that we could watch the supernova explosion break through the surface of the star. But we'd have to have our best telescopes focused on the right one at precisely the right time to get meaningful data. Suffice it to say, the odds of that happening are astronomically low.
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Dan Barber: A surprising...
and you force feed a ton of grain down its throat. More grain in a couple of weeks than it would ever get in a lifetime. Its liver expands by eight times. Suffice to say it's like -- it's not the prettiest picture of sustainable farming.
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Esports, Virtual Formula...
There are ten teams with two drivers per team. It's perhaps the most inaccessible sport in the world. Suffice to say, there are going to be so many people with dreams, talent and ambition to get there who will never be able to make it.
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Lee Smolin: How science...
that suffice to explain all of us and everything we see. So it works. But not only that, if you think about how natural selection works, then it turns out that natural selection would only make sense in such a relational universe.
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Let’s put the romance...
the possibility of another world your customers don't love you give them more than just a solution to a problem uninspired employees purpose and perks do not suffice add some mystery some adventure to the mix now one can easily
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A needle in countless...
and oceans will turn to vapor. Too far, and the surface temperature will fall below the freezing point of water, causing the oceans to turn to ice. Fire or ice. For life as we know it, neither will suffice.
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The human skills we need...
And it means that expertise won't always suffice, because the system just keeps changing too fast. So what that means is that there's a huge amount in the world that kind of defies forecasting now.
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Think on it PIPE Barkskins
Well, I suppose there's nothing more that needs to be said on the subject. Silence will suffice then.
Video examples
The Greek myth of Talos,...
But mortal guards and ordinary weapons wouldn’t suffice, so the visionary god devised an indomitable new defender. In the fires of his forge, Hephaestus cast his invention in the shape of a giant man. Made of gleaming bronze; endowed with superhuman strength, and powered by ichor, the life fluid of the gods,
Video examples
What crows teach us...
on which to hang our hats. But in life and death, things are rarely so neat, and I really came face to face with that in a follow-up experiment, where we were looking at how crows respond to dead crows in the absence of any kind of predator. And suffice it to say, we found that in these cases,
Video examples
How to detect a...
that we could watch the supernova explosion break through the surface of the star. But we'd have to have our best telescopes focused on the right one at precisely the right time to get meaningful data. Suffice it to say, the odds of that happening are astronomically low.
Video examples
Dan Barber: A surprising...
and you force feed a ton of grain down its throat. More grain in a couple of weeks than it would ever get in a lifetime. Its liver expands by eight times. Suffice to say it's like -- it's not the prettiest picture of sustainable farming.
Video examples
Esports, Virtual Formula...
There are ten teams with two drivers per team. It's perhaps the most inaccessible sport in the world. Suffice to say, there are going to be so many people with dreams, talent and ambition to get there who will never be able to make it.
Video examples
Lee Smolin: How science...
that suffice to explain all of us and everything we see. So it works. But not only that, if you think about how natural selection works, then it turns out that natural selection would only make sense in such a relational universe.
Video examples
Let’s put the romance...
the possibility of another world your customers don't love you give them more than just a solution to a problem uninspired employees purpose and perks do not suffice add some mystery some adventure to the mix now one can easily
Video examples
A needle in countless...
and oceans will turn to vapor. Too far, and the surface temperature will fall below the freezing point of water, causing the oceans to turn to ice. Fire or ice. For life as we know it, neither will suffice.
Video examples
The human skills we need...
And it means that expertise won't always suffice, because the system just keeps changing too fast. So what that means is that there's a huge amount in the world that kind of defies forecasting now.
Video examples
Think on it PIPE Barkskins
Well, I suppose there's nothing more that needs to be said on the subject. Silence will suffice then.
Example 1 of 10
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Chris Pine
American Actor
The things that motivated me at 21 don't suffice. Which is scary but really liberating in a way. It's taken me a long time to feel like, instead of being invited to the party with a bunch of people I don't know, that I actually deserve to be here.
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Pope Paul VI
Italian Clergyman
You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.
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Michael Mann
Director
Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he was in character. That sounds superficial, but it's true, and look at the results.
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John George Nicolay
American Writer
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Mary Cassatt
American Artist
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
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Alexander the Great
Leader
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
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Chris Pine
American Actor
The things that motivated me at 21 don't suffice. Which is scary but really liberating in a way. It's taken me a long time to feel like, instead of being invited to the party with a bunch of people I don't know, that I actually deserve to be here.
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Pope Paul VI
Italian Clergyman
You must strive to multiply bread so that it suffices for the tables of mankind, and not rather favor an artificial control of birth, which would be irrational, in order to diminish the number of guests at the banquet of life.
Quote examples
Michael Mann
Director
Suffice it to say, every actor works differently. Laurence Olivier would put on his costume and when the wardrobe was right, he was in character. That sounds superficial, but it's true, and look at the results.
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John George Nicolay
American Writer
Nobody understood better than Mr. Lincoln the obvious truth that in politics it does not suffice merely to nominate candidates. Something must also be done to elect them.
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Albert Einstein
German Physicist
He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would suffice.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
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Mary Cassatt
American Artist
Why do people so love to wander? I think the civilized parts of the World will suffice for me in the future.
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Marcel Proust
French Author
A woman one loves rarely suffices for all our needs, so we deceive her with another whom we do not love.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
To be perfectly happy it does not suffice to possess happiness, it is necessary to have deserved it.
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Alexander the Great
Leader
A tomb now suffices him for whom the whole world was not sufficient.
Example 1 of 10
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