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adequate
[ ad-i-kwit ]
adjective
- as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to or for ):
This car is adequate to our needs.
They’ll provide adequate food for fifty people.
Synonyms: capable, enough, sufficient, competent, satisfactory
- barely sufficient or suitable:
Being adequate is not good enough.
- Law. reasonably sufficient for starting legal action:
adequate grounds.
adequate
/ ˈædɪkwəsɪ; ˈædɪkwɪt /
adjective
- able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc
Derived Forms
- ˈadequately, adverb
- adequacy, noun
Other Words From
- ad·e·quate·ly adverb
- ad·e·quate·ness noun
- pre·ad·e·quate adjective
- pre·ad·e·quate·ness noun
- qua·si-ad·e·quate adjective
- su·per·ad·e·quate adjective
- su·per·ad·e·quate·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of adequate1
Example Sentences
Without adequate peach chill, peach trees won't produce, and with rising temperatures, blooms will sprout too early.
Less than 30% of buildings in New York City, Amsterdam, Buenos Aires, Denver, central Sydney and central Melbourne were in neighbourhoods with adequate canopy cover.
The work hour reports had to be made online, even though the reporting website was out of order for long stretches and many enrollees didn’t have adequate internet access.
Concacaf, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football, opened an investigation and have taken action against Honduras for "failing to implement adequate stadium security measures".
Dr Ray Lowry of the British Fluoridation Society notes that the ruling “was not an outright condemnation of fluoride; rather, it suggested that the EPA could investigate further to ensure an adequate safety margin.”
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