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- pronunciation:
- ae
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kwiht
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
sufficient in quantity; enough.
The army had adequate supplies for the campaign.The new instructors don't have adequate experience.The amount of meat they eat supplies more than an adequate amount of protein.- synonyms:
- enough, sufficient
- antonyms:
- deficient, inadequate, insufficient
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| definition 2: |
good enough or well enough suited for the situation or need; satisfactory.
Make sure the children have adequate clothing for the winter weather.Their poor diet is not adequate to their bodies' needs.- synonyms:
- satisfactory
- antonyms:
- deficient, improper, inadequate, unsuitable, wanting
- similar words:
- acceptable, all right, allowable, ample, appropriate, comfortable, commensurate, competent, decent, enough, fitting, marginal, proportionate, respectable, sufficient, suitable
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| definition 3: |
just barely good enough.
As a teacher, he was adequate, but nowhere near excellent.- synonyms:
- all right, fair, marginal, passable, so-so
- antonyms:
- deficient, inadequate, unsatisfactory
- similar words:
- acceptable, average, competent, indifferent, mediocre, middling
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| related words: |
equal, good, marginal, modest, tidy, well, working |
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| derivation: |
adequately (adv.) |
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