sufficiency
— Noun
– English
~ the quality of being sufficient for the end in view; "he questioned the sufficiency of human intelligence"
sufficiency
— Noun
– English
~ an adequate quantity; a quantity that is large enough to achieve a purpose; "enough is as good as a feast"; "there is more than a sufficiency of lawyers in this country"
sufficiency
— Noun
– English
~ sufficient resources to provide comfort and meet obligations; "her father questioned the young suitor's sufficiency"
self-sufficient
— Adjective
– English
~ able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit"
sufficient
— Adjective
– English
~ of a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant; "sufficient food"
sufficiently
— Adverb
– English
~ to a sufficient degree; "she was sufficiently fluent in Mandarin"
self-sufficing
— Adjective
– English
~ able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit"
suffix notation
— Noun
– English
~ a parenthesis-free notation for forming mathematical expressions in which each operator follows its operands
suffix
— Noun
– English
~ an affix that is added at the end of the word
suffix
— Verb
– English
~ attach a suffix to; "suffix words"
suffixation
— Noun
– English
~ formation of a word by means of a suffix
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
suffocate
— Verb
– English
~ deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"