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Adequate Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Adequate? [adj] (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job" [adj] about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [adj] enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Adequate: adequate to(p) \| capable \| competent \| decent \| enough \| equal to(p) \| fair to middling \| passable \| sufficient \| up to(p) Related Terms \| Find terms related to Adequate: able \| acceptable \| admissible \| all right \| ample \| average \| barely sufficient \| better than nothing \| capable \| comfortable \| commensurate \| common \| competent \| corresponding \| decent \| due \| effective \| effectual \| efficacious \| efficient \| enough \| equal \| equal to \| fair \| fair to middling \| fairish \| fit \| fitted \| fitting \| good \| good enough \| goodish \| middling \| minimal \| minimum \| moderate \| no great shakes \| not amiss \| not bad \| not half bad \| not so bad \| OK \| okay \| passable \| plenty \| plenty good enough \| presentable \| pretty good \| productive \| proficient \| proper \| proportionable \| proportionate \| qualified \| respectable \| satisfactory \| satisfying \| so so \| substantial \| sufficient \| sufficient for \| sufficing \| suitable \| suited \| tidy \| tolerable \| unexceptionable \| unexceptional \| unimpeachable \| unobjectionable \| up \| up to \| up to snuff \| workmanlike See Also \| satisfactory Adequate In Webster's Dictionary \Ad"equate\, 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 adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. --De Quincey. Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable. \Ad"equate\, v. t. [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.

Adequate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Adequate?

[adj] (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"
[adj] about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
[adj] enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

See Also | satisfactory

Adequate In Webster's Dictionary

\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
adequate definition.

      Ireland had no adequate champion.        --De Quincey.

Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable;
     competent; capable.


\Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [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.

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