suffice

UK: /səˈfaɪs/ US: /səˈfaɪs/ ,(sə fīs′, -fīz′)

Inflections of 'suffice' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

suffices

v 3rd person singular

sufficing

v pres p

sufficed

v past

sufficed

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

suf•fice /səˈfaɪs/   v. [no object* not: be + ~-ing] , -ficed, -fic•ing. 

1. to be enough for needs or purposes:
   A few payments will suffice.

Idioms

2. suffice it to say, This phrase is used before making another statement, to indicate that the speaker believes what follows is sufficient to prove a point:
   Suffice it to say the project was a success.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

suf•fice  (sə fīs′, -fīz′), v., -ficed, -fic•ing. 
v.i. 

1. to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.

v.t. 

2. to be enough or adequate for;
   satisfy.

• Latin, as above
• Old French
• Latin sufficere to supply, suffice, equivalent. to suf- suf- + -ficere, combining form of facere to make, do¹; replacing Middle English suffisen
• Middle English sufficen 1275–1325

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

suffice / səˈfaɪs/ verb

1. to be adequate or satisfactory for (something)
2. suffice it to say that ⇒ (takes a clause as object) let us say no more than that; I shall just say that

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French suffire, from Latin sufficere from sub- below + facere to make