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adequate

[ad-i-kwit]

adjective

  1. as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit (often followed by to orfor ).

    This car is adequate to our needs.

    They’ll provide adequate food for fifty people.

    Synonyms: , , , ,
  2. barely sufficient or suitable.

    Being adequate is not good enough.

  3. Law.reasonably sufficient for starting legal action.

    adequate grounds.



adequate

/ ˈædɪkwəsɪ, ˈædɪkwɪt /

adjective

  1. able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • adequately adverb
  • adequateness noun
  • preadequate adjective
  • preadequateness noun
  • quasi-adequate adjective
  • superadequate adjective
  • superadequateness noun
  • ˈܲٱ adverb
  • adequacy noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adequate1

First recorded in 1610–20; from Latin 岹ٳܲ “matched” (past participle of ); ad-, equal, -ate 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adequate1

C17: from Latin to equalize, from ad- to + aequus equal
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State Farm General denied that and other findings, saying it was the responsibility of policyholders to ensure they had adequate coverage.

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In May, an inquest concluded she was unlawfully killed following gross breaches in health and safety, including the lack of an emergency plan or an adequate risk assessment.

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"Council is currently working to identify adequate budget to deliver the works," a spokeswoman said.

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In a statement, Mr Rodhouse said the allegations were "ill-founded and incorrect", adding that while he welcomed the decision he was "yet to receive an adequate explanation as to how this debacle occurred".

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Writers have complained that AI models are being trained on their scripts without their permission or adequate compensation.

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