Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to suffice
Participle: sufficed
Gerund: sufficing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | suffice |
| you | suffice |
| he;she;it | suffices |
| we | suffice |
| you | suffice |
| they | suffice |
Perfect
| I | have sufficed |
| you | have sufficed |
| he;she;it | has sufficed |
| we | have sufficed |
| you | have sufficed |
| they | have sufficed |
Past
| I | sufficed |
| you | sufficed |
| he;she;it | sufficed |
| we | sufficed |
| you | sufficed |
| they | sufficed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sufficed |
| you | had sufficed |
| he;she;it | had sufficed |
| we | had sufficed |
| you | had sufficed |
| they | had sufficed |
Future
| I | will suffice |
| you | will suffice |
| he;she;it | will suffice |
| we | will suffice |
| you | will suffice |
| they | will suffice |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sufficed |
| you | will have sufficed |
| he;she;it | will have sufficed |
| we | will have sufficed |
| you | will have sufficed |
| they | will have sufficed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | suffice |
| you | suffice |
| he;she;it | suffice |
| we | suffice |
| you | suffice |
| they | suffice |
Perfect
| I | have sufficed |
| you | have sufficed |
| he;she;it | have sufficed |
| we | have sufficed |
| you | have sufficed |
| they | have sufficed |
Imperfect
| I | sufficed |
| you | sufficed |
| he;she;it | sufficed |
| we | sufficed |
| you | sufficed |
| they | sufficed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sufficed |
| you | had sufficed |
| he;she;it | had sufficed |
| we | had sufficed |
| you | had sufficed |
| they | had sufficed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would suffice |
| you | would suffice |
| he;she;it | would suffice |
| we | would suffice |
| you | would suffice |
| they | would suffice |
Perfect
| I | would have sufficed |
| you | would have sufficed |
| he;she;it | would have sufficed |
| we | would have sufficed |
| you | would have sufficed |
| they | would have sufficed |
Imperative
| you | suffice |
| we | Let's suffice |
| you | suffice |
Verbs conjugated like 'suffice'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'suffice'
office,
suffix,
suffuse,
surface,
affile,
affine,
buffle,
diffide,
diffine,
efface,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin sufficiō (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faciō (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire. See: Middle English '
suffisen', Latin '
sufficiō', French '
suffire'.
Sample Sentences
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For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.
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To recount almighty works, / What words or tongue of seraph can suffice? [1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:]
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A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.
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Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges. [1838, The Church of England quarterly review, page 203:]
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During the festival, the temple suffices food to the beggars.
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The king sufficed his army with food and weapons before the great battle.