Collocations for "sufficient"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "sufficient" in context.
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sufficient
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- sufficient [funds, cash, money, resources, credit, capital]
- have sufficient [funds] to [cover, purchase, pay, pay off, buy]
- [hardly, barely, less than] sufficient [funds] for
- if a sufficient number of [customers, employees, investors]
- sufficient [grades, scores, points, results]
- sufficient to [pass, qualify, enter, get, achieve]
- present sufficient [proof, evidence, justification]
- did (not) have sufficient [proof] to [convict, arrest]
- did not have sufficient time (to)
- had sufficient time to [arrive, complete, finish, make, do, get]
- wasn't [given, afforded] sufficient time to [arrive]
- gave sufficient [details, information, references]
- had sufficient knowledge [on, about, of]
- gave her sufficient warning (before)
- yes, that will be sufficient
- the [conditions, terms] are sufficient for now
- [should, ought to] be sufficient for [now, the time being]
- are sufficient for most purposes
'sufficient' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):