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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