WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
suf•fice /səˈfaɪs/USA pronunciation   v. [no object* not: be + ~-ing], -ficed, -fic•ing. 
  1. to be enough for needs or purposes:A few payments will suffice.
Idioms
  1. 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),USA pronunciation v., -ficed, -fic•ing. 
v.i. 
  1. to be enough or adequate, as for needs, purposes, etc.

v.t. 
  1. 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

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