v., -ficed, -fic·ing, -fic·es.

v.intr.

1. To meet present needs or requirements; be sufficient: These rations will suffice until next week.
2. To be equal to a specified task; be capable: No words will suffice to convey my grief.

v.tr.

To satisfy the needs or requirements of; be enough for.

[Middle English suffisen, from Old French suffire, suffis-, from Latin sufficere : sub-, sub- + facere, to make.]

sufficer suf·fic'er n.

verb

To meet a need or requirement: answer, do, serve, suit. See excess/insufficiency/enough, help/harm/harmless.

v

Definition: be adequate, enough
Antonyms: dissatisfy

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The verb has one meaning:

Meaning #1: be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity
  Synonyms: do, answer, serve

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - række, slå til, være tilstrækkelig
v. tr. - række, slå til, være tilstrækkelig, tilfredsstille

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    lad det være nok at sige

Nederlands (Dutch)
voldoende zijn

Français (French)
v. intr. - suffire, être suffisant
v. tr. - suffire à

idioms:

• suffice it to say    qu'il suffise de dire que
• suffice to say    qu'il suffise de dire que

Deutsch (German)
v. - genügen

idioms:

• suffice it to say    nur soviel sei gesagt
• suffice to say    nur soviel sei gesagt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - αρκώ

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    αρκεί να λεχθεί ότι..

Italiano (Italian)
bastare

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    basti dire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - bastar

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    basta dizer

Русский (Russian)
быть достаточным, хватать, удовлетворять

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    достаточно сказать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - bastar, ser suficiente, alcanzar, llegar
v. tr. - satisfacer, bastar a, ser suficiente para

idioms:

• suffice it to say    basta con decir, suficiente con decir
• suffice to say    basta con decir, suficiente con decir

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vara nog, räcka till

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
足够, 有能力, 使满足

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    只要说...就够了

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 足夠, 有能力
v. tr. - 使滿足

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    只要說...就夠了

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 족하다, 충분하다
v. tr. - 만족시키다, ~에 충분하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 十分である, 満足させる

idioms:

• suffice (it) to say    ～といえば十分である

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يكفي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הספיק, היה די‬
v. tr. - ‮מילא צרכים, השביע רצון, סיפק‬

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