adequate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈæ.də.kɪt/ (US, proscribed)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/ (US)
- /ˈæd.ɪ.kwət/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin aequō Latin adaequō Latin adaequātuslbor. English adequate Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate.
Meanings
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Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
John was a perfectly adequate academic. A perfectly adequate academic but not a notable teacher.
2009, J. M. Coetzee, Summertime, New York: Viking, page 212:1853, Thomas De Quincey, Autobiographic Sketches in Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, “Dublin,” p. 254, […] in those days, Ireland had no adequate champion; the Hoods and the Grattans were not up to the mark.
Proportion therefore your Clothes to your bodies, and let them be proper for your persons. […] Agreeableness […] ought to be exact, and adequate both to age, person and condition, avoiding extremities on both sides, being neither too much out, nor in the fashions.
1673, Hannah Woolley, “Of Habit, and the neatness and property thereof”, in The Gentlewomans Companion, London: Dorman Newman, page 61:an adequate definition
All day as I drove upon my round I turned over the case in my mind, and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate.
1903, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Empty House”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes:powers adequate to a great work
Her legal allowance was not adequate to her fortune, nor sufficient for her comfortable maintenance […]
1811, [Jane Austen], chapter 31, in Sense and Sensibility […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] C[harles] Roworth, […], and published by T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most adequate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more adequate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| adæquate | alternative, archaic | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
inadequate · nonadequate · superadequate · subadequate · adequately · unadequate · adequate intake · adequateness
Relateds
adequative · adequacy · adequation
Synonyms
sufficient · acceptable · satisfactory · satisfactory (passable) · proportionate · correspondent
Translations (70)
it adeguato (equal to some requirement) · bg адекватен (equal to some requirement) · yue 適當 /适当 (equal to some requirement) · pl adekwatny (equal to some requirement) · ko 충분한 (equal to some requirement) · cs adekvátní (equal to some requirement) · el αρκετός (equal to some requirement) · pl odpowiedni (equal to some requirement) · ca adequat (equal to some requirement) · pt adequado (equal to some requirement) · ro adecvat (equal to some requirement) · ka სათანადო (equal to some requirement) · bg съразмерен (equal to some requirement) · mk адеква́тен (equal to some requirement) · ja 十分 (equal to some requirement) · th สอดคล้อง (equal to some requirement) · vi đủ (equal to some requirement) · nl deugdelijk (equal to some requirement) · la adaequātus (equal to some requirement) · hu adekvát (equal to some requirement) · eo taŭga (equal to some requirement) · io adequata (equal to some requirement) · be адэква́тны (equal to some requirement) · ka შესაბამისი (equal to some requirement) · cmn 適當 /适当 (equal to some requirement) · cs odpovídající (equal to some requirement) · ka შესაფერისი (equal to some requirement) · eo adekvata (equal to some requirement) · da tilstrækkelig (equal to some requirement) · ru соразме́рный (equal to some requirement) · ru доста́точный (equal to some requirement) · ja 適当 (equal to some requirement) · fr adéquat (equal to some requirement) · no adekvat (equal to some requirement) · hu megfelelő (equal to some requirement) · lv piederīgs (equal to some requirement) · fi riittävä (equal to some requirement) · cmn 足夠 /足够 (equal to some requirement) · ru подходя́щий (equal to some requirement) · nl voldoende (equal to some requirement) · mi rawaka (equal to some requirement) · eo konvena (equal to some requirement) · ru адеква́тный (equal to some requirement) · ka ადეკვატური (equal to some requirement) · de entsprechend (equal to some requirement) · tr uygun (equal to some requirement) · yi אַדעקוואַט (equal to some requirement) · tr yeterli (equal to some requirement) · de adäquat (equal to some requirement) · nl adequaat (equal to some requirement) · bg съответен (equal to some requirement) · sv tillämplig (equal to some requirement) · cs přiměřený (equal to some requirement) · ka საკმარისი (equal to some requirement) · ja 適切 (equal to some requirement) · vi đầy đủ (equal to some requirement) · mk соодветен (equal to some requirement) · es adecuado (equal to some requirement) · ru соотве́тствующий (equal to some requirement) · lv atbilstošs (equal to some requirement) · no tilstrekkelig (equal to some requirement) · lv piemērots (equal to some requirement) · sv adekvat (equal to some requirement) · hi पर्याप्त (equal to some requirement) · uk адеква́тний (equal to some requirement) · de angemessen (equal to some requirement) · fi asianmukainen (equal to some requirement) · ar كَافٍ (equal to some requirement) · pdt nuach (equal to some requirement) · kw lowr (equal to some requirement)