suffice 2018-09-26

suffice

Usage

-suffice: to be enough, =enough
-suffice (vi) -sufficient (adj)
-Latin words sub ("under") and facere ("make") that together mean "meet the need of."
-Latin words sub ("under") and facere ("make") that together mean "meet the need of."
-~ to do sth
eg: One example will suffice to illustrate the point.
-suffice (it) to say (that)…: used to suggest that although you could say more, what you do say will be enough to explain what you mean
eg: I won't go into all the details. Suffice it to say that the whole event was a complete disaster.

Translation

-For advanced English learners, gain one word per day does not suffice.

Sentence-making

-A new lipstick will not suffice, girls always want to have more. Ironiclly, those lipsticks rarely shape beauties, but make successful cosmetic companies.