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adequate
What does adequate mean?
adequate (adjective): having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use adequate in a sentence?
- She had adequate training. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- Her training was adequate. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- She was adequate to the job. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
Where does adequate come from?
Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are antonyms of adequate?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “adequate” mean?
having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
Right! That's what “adequate” means.
showing or causing joy and pleasure; especially made happy
Not quite: that's what glad means.
having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value
Not quite: that's what wealthy means.
not limited or hampered; not under compulsion or restraint
Not quite: that's what free means.
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