English-Thai Dictionary
sufficiency
N ความ พอเพียง adequacy plenty satiety por-piang
sufficiency
N จำนวน ที่ พอเพียง ปริมาณ ที่ พอเพียง completion capacity enough jam-nuan-ti-por-piang
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
SUFFICIENCY
n.The state of being adequate to the end proposed. His sufficiency is such, that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted.
1. Qualification for any purpose.
I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others.
2. Competence; adequate substance or means.
An elegant sufficiency, content.
3. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
4. Ability; adequate power.
Our sufficiency is of God. 2 Corinthians 3:5.
5. Conceit; self-confidence. [See Self-sufficiency. ]
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
SUFFICIENCY
Suf *fi "cien *cy, n. Etym: [L. sufficientia: cf. F. suffisance. See Suffice. ]
1. The quality or state of being sufficient, or adequate to the end proposed; adequacy. His sufficiency is such that he bestows and possesses, his plenty being unexhausted. Boyle.
2. Qualification for any purpose; ability; capacity. A substitute or most allowed sufficiency. Shak. I am not so confident of my own sufficiency as not willingly to admit the counsel of others. Eikon Basilike.
3. Adequate substance or means; competence. "An elegant sufficiency. " Thomson.
4. Supply equal to wants; ample stock or fund.
5. Conceit; self-confidence; self-sufficiency. Sufficiency is a compound of vanity and ignorance. Sir W. Temple.
New American Oxford Dictionary
sufficiency
suf fi cien cy |səˈfiSHənsē səˈfɪʃənsi | ▶noun ( pl. sufficiencies ) the condition or quality of being adequate or sufficient. • [ in sing. ] an adequate amount of something, esp. of something essential: a sufficiency of good food. • archaic self-sufficiency or independence of character, esp. of an arrogant or imperious sort. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting sufficient means or wealth ): from late Latin sufficientia, from the verb sufficere (see suffice ).
Oxford Dictionary
sufficiency
suf |fi ¦ciency |səˈfɪʃ (ə )nsi | ▶noun ( pl. sufficiencies ) [ mass noun ] the condition or quality of being adequate or sufficient. • [ in sing. ] an adequate amount of something, especially of something essential: a sufficiency of good food. • archaic self-sufficiency or independence of character, especially of an arrogant or imperious sort. ORIGIN late 15th cent. (denoting sufficient means or wealth ): from late Latin sufficientia, from the verb sufficere (see suffice ).
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sufficiency
suf fi cien cy /səfɪ́ʃ (ə )nsi /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠十分 (なこと ), 十分な状態 ; 〖a ～ (of A )〗十分な量 [数 ](のA ) (!Aは U 名詞 ) .
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