Adequate

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  • adjective. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need. synonym: sufficient.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Equal to requirement or occasion; commensurate; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit: as, means adequate to the object; an adequate comparison.
  • To make equal or adequate.
  • To attain equality with; equal.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient
  • transitive verb. To equalize; to make adequate.
  • transitive verb. To equal.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.
  • verb. To equalize; to make adequate.
  • verb. To equal.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  • adjective. sufficient for the purpose
  • adjective. about average; acceptable
    • Word Usage
    "Though La Caixa already has 5,400 branches across Spain—more than any other bank—Mr. Nin would like to reach 6,000, which he describes as an "adequate number.""
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    deficient  inadequate  
    Equivalent
    adequate to  capable  competent  equal to  satisfactory  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    inadequate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    ample  effective  inadequate  proper  satisfactory  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    OK  able  acceptable  admissible  all right  
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