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| 1. | [ adjective ] (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task | |
| Examples: | "she had adequate training" "her training was adequate" "she was adequate to the job" |
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| Related terms: | inadequate adequate_to adequate_to competent satisfactory adequacy | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] enough to meet a purpose | |
| Synonyms: | enough decent | |
| Examples: | "an adequate income" "the food was adequate" "a decent wage" "enough food" "food enough" |
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| Related terms: | sufficient | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] about average; acceptable | |
| Synonyms: | fair_to_middling passable | |
| Examples: | "more than adequate as a secretary" |
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| Related terms: | satisfactory | |
| Similar spelling: |
adequately adequate_to |
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