adequate

adequate: ad·e·quate adj: lawfully and reasonably sufficient

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adequate: I adjective able, acceptable, accommodatus, ample, aptus, availing, capable, commensurate, competent, effectual, enough, equal to the need, fair, fit, fully sufficient, idoneus, proportionate, reasonable, reasonably sufficient, satisfactory, satisfying, serving, sufficient, sufficient for the purpose, sufficing, suitable, valid associated concepts: adequate administrative review, adequate care, adequate cause, adequate consideration, adequate notice, adequate remedy at law, adequate support, fair and adequate consideration II index ample, capable, commensurate, competent, effective (efficient), fair (satisfactory), fit, functional, habitable, mediocre, operative, prima facie (legally sufficient), proficient, qualified (competent), sciential, suitable, unobjectionable

adequate: adj.
Sufficient, satisfactory.

adequate: Sufficient; equal to what is required; suitable to the case or occasion.

adequate: Sufficient; equal to what is required; suitable to the case or occasion.

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Synonyms:

Sufficient, sufficing, enough, commensurate, proportionate, correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted

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adequate — 1. In its meaning ‘proportionate to the requirements’, sufficient, adequate is most commonly used without a complement (There is an adequate supply of food in the flooded area). When it has one, this is either for or to (Their earnings are… … Modern English usage
adequate — UK US /ˈædɪkwət/ adjective ► enough or good enough for a particular purpose: »Staff did not receive adequate training. adequate to do sth »Our laws must be adequate to protect our citizens. adequate for sth »This printer should be perfectly… … Financial and business terms
Adequate — Ad e*quate, v. t. [See {Adequate}, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] Fotherby. [1913 Webster] 2. To equal. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Adequate — Ad e*quate, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See {Equal}.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adequate — adequate; in·adequate; … English syllables
adequate — (adj.) 1610s, from L. adaequatus equalized, pp. of adaequare to make equal to, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + aequare make level, from aequus (see EQUAL (Cf. equal)). The sense is of being equal to what is required. Related … Etymology dictionary
adequate — [adj] enough, able acceptable, all right, capable, comfortable, commensurate, competent, decent, equal, fair, passable, requisite, satisfactory, sufficient, sufficing, suitable, tolerable, unexceptional, unobjectionable; concepts 533,558 Ant.… … New thesaurus
adequate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ satisfactory or acceptable. DERIVATIVES adequacy noun adequately adverb. ORIGIN from Latin adaequare make equal to … English terms dictionary
adequate — [ad′i kwət] adj. [L adaequatus, pp. of adaequare < ad , to + aequare, to make equal < aequus, level, equal] 1. enough or good enough for what is required or needed; sufficient; suitable 2. barely satisfactory; acceptable but not remarkable… … English World dictionary
adequate — 01. Too many children in this country are leaving home in the morning without having eaten an [adequate] meal. 02. Local parents are concerned over the [adequacy] of the school s program for children with special needs. 03. The equipment at the… … Grammatical examples in English

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