different between suffice vs umpteen

English

Etymology

From Middle English suffisen, from Middle French souffire, from Latin suffici? (“supply, be adequate”), from sub (“under”) + faci? (“do, make”). Cognate with French suffire.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /s??fa?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Verb

suffice (third-person singular simple present suffices, present participle sufficing, simple past and past participle sufficed)

1. (intransitive) To be enough or sufficient; to meet the need (of anything); to be adequate; to be good enough.

   For this plum cake, two eggs should suffice.
2. (transitive) To satisfy; to content; to be equal to the wants or demands of.

   A joint of lamb sufficed even his enormous appetite.

   • 1838, The Church of England quarterly review (page 203)

     Lord Brougham's salary would have sufficed more than ninety Prussian judges.

3. To furnish; to supply adequately.

Usage notes

• Commonly used in the phrase suffice it to say.
• Mostly used in modal verb constructions, such as: Half a loaf per day will suffice. This is much more common than the direct form Half a loaf per day suffices.

Synonyms

• (be enough) work, do

Related terms

• satisfice
• sufficient

Translations

Further reading

• suffice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• suffice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• suffice at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Cuffies, cuffies

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?suf.fi.ke/, [?s??f??k?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?suf.fi.t??e/, [?suf?it???]

Verb

suffice

1. second-person singular present active imperative of suffici?

English

Etymology

umpty (“colloquial name for the dash "—" in Morse code”) +? -teen

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??mp.ti?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Determiner

umpteen

1. (informal, often slightly derogatory) Relatively large but unspecified in number.

   She's taking umpteen friends with her to the party.

Derived terms

• umpteenth

Translations