adequacy — UK US /ˈædəkwəsi/ noun [U] ► the quality of being good enough for a particular purpose: the adequacy of sth »Questions were raised about the adequacy of the firm s control procedures. → See also CAPITAL ADEQUACY RATIO(Cf. ↑capital adequacy ratio) … Financial and business terms
Adequacy — Ad e*qua*cy, n. [See {Adequate}.] The state or quality of being adequate, proportionate, or sufficient; a sufficiency for a particular purpose; as, the adequacy of supply to the expenditure. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adequacy — [n] ability, competency in some action capability, capacity, commensurateness, competence, enough, fairness, plenty, requisiteness, satisfactoriness, sufficiency, suitableness, tolerableness; concepts 636,656 Ant. inadequacy, inadequateness,… … New thesaurus
adequacy — [ad′i kwə sē] n. the quality or state of being adequate … English World dictionary
adequacy — [[t]æ̱dɪkwəsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT: usu N of n Adequacy is the quality of being good enough or great enough in amount to be acceptable. I am very critical of the adequacy of Britain s race laws... Several studies point to a real cause for concern over… … English dictionary
adequacy — noun 1) the adequacy of the existing services Syn: satisfactoriness, acceptability, acceptableness; sufficiency 2) he had deep misgivings about his own adequacy Syn: capability, competence, ability, aptitude, suitability; effectiveness … Thesaurus of popular words
adequacy — noun The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs. His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt … Wiktionary
adequacy — adekvatumas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. adequacy vok. Adäquatheit, f rus. адекватность, f pranc. adéquation, f ryšiai: sinonimas – atitinkamumas … Automatikos terminų žodynas
adequacy — adekvatumas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Tolygumas, tapatumas, visiškas atitikimas. Pažinimo teorijoje – objektyvaus pasaulio ryšių ir santykių atgaminimo mintyse tikslumas. kilmė lot. adaequatus – prilygintas, prilygęs… … Sporto terminų žodynas
adequacy — adequate ► ADJECTIVE ▪ satisfactory or acceptable. DERIVATIVES adequacy noun adequately adverb. ORIGIN from Latin adaequare make equal to … English terms dictionary
