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Adequate definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AD'EQUATE, a. Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the object; we have no adequate ideas of infinite power.
Adequate ideas, are such as exactly represent their object.
AD'EQUATE, v.t. To resemble exactly. [Not used.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task" [syn: adequate, equal] [ant: inadequate, unequal]
2: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: adequate, decent, enough]
3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [syn: adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin adaequatus, past participle of adaequare to make equal, from ad- + aequare to equal — more at equable Date: circa 1617 1. sufficient for a specific requirement <adequate taxation of goods>; also barely sufficient or satisfactory <her first performance was merely adequate> 2. lawfully and reasonably sufficient <adequate grounds for a lawsuit> Synonyms: see sufficient • adequately adverb • adequateness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 sufficient, satisfactory (often with the implication of being barely so). 2 (foll. by to) proportionate. 3 barely sufficient. Derivatives: adequacy n. adequately adv. Etymology: L adaequatus past part. of adaequare make equal (as AD-, aequus equal)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adequate Ad"e*quate, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. --De Quincey. Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Adequate Ad"e*quate, v. t. [See Adequate, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby. 2. To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. --Shelford.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted. One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes... The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs... ? inadequate ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n • adequately Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education... I speak the language adequately. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Sufficient, sufficing, enough, commensurate, proportionate, correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted.

Moby Thesaurus

OK, able, acceptable, admissible, all right, ample, average, barely sufficient, better than nothing, capable, comfortable, commensurate, common, competent, corresponding, decent, due, effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, enough, equal, equal to, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fit, fitted, fitting, good, good enough, goodish, middling, minimal, minimum, moderate, no great shakes, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not so bad, okay, passable, plenty, plenty good enough, presentable, pretty good, productive, proficient, proper, proportionable, proportionate, qualified, respectable, satisfactory, satisfying, so so, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, suited, tidy, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unobjectionable, up, up to, up to snuff, workmanlike