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[ ad-i-kwit ]
/ ˈæd ɪ kwɪt /
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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. adequate food for fifty people.
barely sufficient or suitable: Being adequate is not good enough.
Law. reasonably sufficient for starting legal action: adequate grounds.

Words related to adequate

sufficiently, competently, satisfactorily, appropriately, decently, abundantly, modestly, suitably, acceptably, capably, copiously, fittingly, tolerably

Words nearby adequate

adeodatus i, adeodatus ii, adephagia, adept, adequacy, adequate, adequate stimulus, adermia, adermogenesis, adessive, adf

Origin of adequate

1610–20; < Latin adaequātus matched (past participle of adaequāre). See ad-, equal, -ate1

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British Dictionary definitions for adequately

adequate
/ (ˈædɪkwɪt) /

adjective

able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc

Derived forms of adequate

adequacy (ˈædɪkwəsɪ), nounadequately, adverb

Word Origin for adequate

C17: from Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequus equal
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