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.
Origin of adequate
SYNONYMS FOR adequate
OTHER WORDS FROM adequate
Words nearby adequate
adeodatus i,
adeodatus ii,
adephagia,
adept,
adequacy,
adequate,
adequate stimulus,
adermia,
adermogenesis,
adessive,
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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), noun adequately, adverbWord Origin for adequate
C17: from Latin
adaequāre to equalize, from
ad- to +
aequus
equal