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ADEQUATE
adequate, equal
(adjective) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; “she had adequate training”; “her training was adequate”; “she was adequate to the job”; “he was equal to the task”
adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable
(adjective) about average; acceptable; “more than adequate as a secretary”
adequate, enough
(adjective) sufficient for the purpose; “an adequate income”; “the food was adequate”; “enough food”; “food enough”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
adequate (comparative more adequate, superlative most adequate)
Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
Synonyms: acceptable, correspondent, proportionate, satisfactory, sufficient
Antonym: inadequate
Verb
adequate (third-person singular simple present adequates, present participle adequating, simple past and past participle adequated)
(obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.
(obsolete) To equal.
Anagrams
• æquated
Source: Wiktionary
Ad"e*quate, a. Etym: [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal.]
Definition: Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.
Syn.
– Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.
Ad"e*quate, v. t. Etym: [See Adequate, a.]
1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] Fotherby.
2. To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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