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.
barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough.
Law. reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds.
Origin of adequate
1Other words for adequate
Other words from adequate
- 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
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British Dictionary definitions for adequate
adequate
/ (ˈædɪkwɪt) /
adjective
able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc
Origin of adequate
1C17: from Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequus equal
Derived forms of adequate
- adequacy (ˈædɪkwəsɪ), noun
- adequately, adverb
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