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[ verb ] be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
Examples "A few words would answer" "This car suits my purpose well" "Will $100 do?" "A "B" grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school" "Nothing else will serve" Used in print (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)Nor will the hack , the Jack-of-all-trades , still found in some of the smaller art_schools , suffice . (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)How foolish it was to try to fathom the truth in an area where only faith would suffice . Related terms satisfy serve qualify go_a_long_way go_around tide_over sufficiency |
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