sufficeとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA^(key): /səˈfaɪs/
• 韻: -aɪs

動詞

suffice (三人称単数 現在形 suffices, 現在分詞 sufficing, 過去形および過去分詞形 sufficed)

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.

   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:

     To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice?

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

   A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.

   • 1838, The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)

     Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.

3. To furnish; to supply adequately.

使用する際の注意点

• Commonly used in the phrase suffice it to say.
• Mostly used in modal verb constructions, such as: Half a loaf per day will suffice. This is much more common than the direct form Half a loaf per day suffices.

同意語

• (be enough) work, do

関連する語

• satisfice
• sufficient

Further reading

• suffice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• suffice in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• suffice at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• Cuffies, cuffies

Latin

発音

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuf.fi.ke/, [ˈsʊf.fɪ.kɛ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsuf.fi.t͡ʃe/, [ˈsuf.fi.t͡ʃɛ]

動詞

suffice

1. second-person singular present active imperative of sufficiō