adequate
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈædɪkwət/
- The school provides an adequate education for all its students.
- adequate progress
- provide adequate support
- lack of adequate resources
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Watch on YouTubeBasically, rest means adequate length and quality of sleep.
- Basically, rest means adequate length and quality of sleep.
- So as long as you're like adequate to play, dude, perfect.
- And it would also take a year prior to get adequate readings for the next year.
- And this cannot be an adequate explanation.
- If they're given an adequate stimulus, right?
- If you can't provide adequate care, the person must be transferred.
- So it's probably not a very adequate answer, but you can always talk to Glenn.
- But getting adequate oxygenation of the brain during sleep is key.
- So the, the component choice here was definitely adequate for what's going on.
- Our entire legal system is built on the assumption that all individuals have adequate representation.
- And it's the feeling of not being adequate.
Examples
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Do you believe the government provides adequate support for mothers?
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Neglect may include emotional abuse, but it also includes failure to provide adequate physical care.
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You told me we had an adequate water supply.
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Yet you failed to take adequate measures to protect him.
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We're still left with a force more than adequate to hold it.
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We have fairly adequate facilities here, you know.
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He made sure that they both got adequate light and water.
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If you can't provide adequate care, the person must be transferred.
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He said your performance was adequate.
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To that extent, it has a scheme which guarantees adequate security and support for the needy and disabled.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
In good enough condition so no one needs to worry
∞
1.0
Good enough but not very good
∞
1.0
Feeling healthy or good enough to use
∞
1.0
Good enough for the purpose you need
937
3.5
Right for a particular situation, person, or purpose
675
1.9
Not perfect but good for what you need
526
2.3
Good enough in quality to meet normal needs
392
2.5
Good enough for a particular use or standard
355
2.8
Enough to do what is needed
210
2.0
Enough quality or ability to do what is needed
194
1.7
Complete and normal for its kind, not small or simple
180
1.8
Right for a certain purpose, person, or situation
94
3.7
More than enough for what is needed
73
2.3
Good enough to meet a need but not very good
28
3.5
Able to be put up with though not very good
23
1.1
In a way that is good enough but not very good
16
4.2
Good enough for a task but not excellent
12
1.9
Large enough to fit what you need
11
4.4
Good enough but not very good
1
6.9
Medium quality, neither very good nor very bad
1
9.8
Good enough for the situation even if not special
Antonyms
How Adequate
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word adequate comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and aequus 'equal', the same root you see in equal. So, think of adequate as 'equal to the need', which explains why it means 'enough' or 'satisfactory'.