Look up: Adequate

1. adequate
   [adj] - enough to meet a purpose 2. [adj] - about average 3. [adj] - (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task
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2. Adequate
   Ad'e·quate adjective [ Latin adaequatus , past participle of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal .] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully...
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3. Adequate
   Ad'e·quate transitive verb [ See Adequate , adjective ] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [ R.] Fotherby. 2. To equal. [ Obsolete] « It [ is] an impossibility for any creature to adequat...
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4. adequate
   Satisfactory in quantity or quality, sufficient. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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5. adequate
   decent adjective enough to meet a purpose; `an adequate income`; `the food was adequate`; `a decent wage`; `enough food`; `food enough`
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6. adequate
   passable adjective about average; acceptable; `more than adequate as a secretary`
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7. adequate
   adjective (sometimes followed by `to`) meeting the requirements especially of a task; `she had adequate training`; `her training was adequate`; `she was adequate to the job`
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8. adequate
   (ad´ĕ-kwit) sufficient in quantity, quality, or amount to achieve a desired therapeutic effect.
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9. Adequate
   • (a.) Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. • (a.) To equalize; to make adequate. • (a.) To equal.
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10. adequate
    satisfactory in quantity or quality; sufficient.
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11. adequate
    adequate 1. Sufficient in quality or quantity to meet a need or to qualify for something; enough for the situation or need. 2. Just barely sufficient in quality or quantity to meet a need or to qualify for something. 3. In law, reasonably sufficient for starting legal action; such as, they had ade...
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