definition of the word adequate

Latin adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal.

• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæd.ʌ.kwɪt/

adequate (comparative more adequate, superlative most adequate)

1. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.

• inadequate

• All day, as I drove upon my round, I turned over the case in my mind and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate. —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of the Empty House

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