adequate
[ ad-i-kwit ]
/ ˈæd ɪ kwɪt /
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.
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adequate
/ (ˈædɪkwɪt) /
adjective
able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc
Derived forms of adequate
adequacy (ˈædɪkwəsɪ), nounadequately, adverbWord Origin for adequate
C17: from Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequus equal
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