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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
adequate — ad|e|quate W3S3 [ˈædıkwıt] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of adaequare to make equal , from ad to + aequare to equal ] 1.) enough in quantity or of a good enough quality for a particular purpose = ↑sufficient ≠… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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 — [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 — adj. VERBS ▪ be, prove, seem ▪ remain ▪ consider sth, think sth ▪ These measures are not considered adequate by conservationists … Collocations dictionary
adequate — adequately, adv. adequateness, n. /ad i kwit/, adj. 1. as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often fol. by to or for): This car is adequate to our needs. adequate food for fifty… … Universalium
adequate — adjective Etymology: Latin adaequatus, past participle of adaequare to make equal, from ad + aequare to equal more at equable Date: circa 1617 1. sufficient for a specific requirement < adequate taxation of goods >; also … New Collegiate Dictionary
barely — adv. Barely is used with these adjectives: ↑able, ↑adequate, ↑alive, ↑audible, ↑awake, ↑aware, ↑capable, ↑clothed, ↑coherent, ↑comprehensible, ↑conceivable, ↑ … Collocations dictionary
adequate — adj. 1 sufficient, satisfactory (often with the implication of being barely so). 2 (foll. by to) proportionate. 3 barely sufficient. Derivatives: adequacy n. adequately adv. Etymology: L adaequatus past part. of adaequare make equal (as AD ,… … Useful english dictionary
adequate — Synonyms and related words: OK, able, acceptable, admissible, all right, ample, average, barely sufficient, better than nothing, capable, comfortable, commensurate, common, competent, corresponding, decent, due, effective, effectual, efficacious … Moby Thesaurus
