sufficing

The simple meal is sufficing for our small group.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Sufficient: "sufficing" means being enough or adequate for a particular purpose, need, or requirement.

Usage Examples

• (The food was enough to last the whole week.)
• (Her explanation was adequate to resolve the confusion.)

Advanced Usage

• "self-sufficing": capable of providing for one's own needs without external help; self-sufficient.
  • The remote village was self-sufficing, growing its own crops and generating its own power. (The village was completely independent and adequate in meeting its own needs.)

Variants and Related Words

• Suffice (verb): to be enough or adequate.
  • One cup of rice will suffice for the recipe. (One cup is enough.)
• Sufficient (adjective): enough; adequate.
  • We have sufficient time to finish the project. (We have enough time.)

Synonyms

• Adequate: enough for a specific purpose.
• Enough: as much as is necessary.
• Satisfactory: meeting requirements or expectations.

Related Idioms

• Suffice it to say: used to indicate that one could say more but chooses not to, as the point is already clear.
  • Suffice it to say, the meeting did not go as planned. (It is enough to say that the meeting was unsuccessful; further details are unnecessary.)