suffice

Preposition: as

explanation: Is it not possible that chance alone could suffice as an explanation for life in this one universe?

Modifying Another Word

• longer: Two stanzas no longer suffice to contain Hogg's vitriol.
• barely: Acre for acre, they have barely sufficed to offset the sinking level of fertility.
• alone: Even their faith and interest will alone suffice to bear good fruit.
• usually: The handwritten notes taken by the member of support staff will usually suffice.
• hardly: Instead of overcoming a bewailed inertia, Reich's theories hardly sufficed to sustain a ridiculous private racket.
• probably: Storage Storage space will probably suffice for the coming year.

Used with why or when

• where: This would also suffice where gaps in an existing original are completed by a new author.
• when: Give us the convincing evidence that 800 beds will suffice when 1200 now do not.

Infinitive complement

• say: Suffice to say, there were no errors of fact apparent to me.
• infect: Advice should have been obtained on how much contaminant might suffice to infect.
• transmit: A basic question was how much of such material would suffice to transmit the disease orally.
• illustrate: A few cases must therefore suffice to illustrate recent trends.
• justify: That is, your evidence that it is raining suffices to justify your belief that you believe that it is raining.
• explain: In none of these instances does a meteorological or astronomical explanation suffice to explain the sightings.

Preposition: in

case: A combination of email and the members website should suffice in most cases.

Preposition: for

• purpose: A few words of caution will have to suffice for the purposes of this brief primer.
• need: Restrictions: The size of the compiler tables is set so as to suffice for the needs of most programs.
• time: Only such a faith will suffice for time and eternity.
• week: One packing of a preparation suffices for 6 weeks of application.