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ad⋅e⋅quate

  [ad-i-kwit]
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–adjective
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 people.
2. barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough.
3. Law. reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds.
Origin:
1610–20; < L adaequātus matched (ptp. of adaequāre). See ad-, equal, -ate 1

Related forms:
ad⋅e⋅quate⋅ly, adverb
ad⋅e⋅quate⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. satisfactory, competent, sufficient, enough; capable.
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Main Entry: ad·e·quate
Function: adjective
: lawfully and reasonably sufficient <adequate grounds for a lawsuit>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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