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- pronunciation:
- ae
d
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 |
adverb + (adj.)adequate
barely, perfectly
(adj.)adequate
+ noun
amount,
calcium,
care,
clothing,
compensation,
consideration,
consistency,
coverage,
description,
diet,
documentation,
drainage,
evaluation,
explanation,
exposure,
facility,
financing,
fit,
flow,
food,
funding,
guidance,
health,
health-care,
housing,
incentive,
income,
infrastructure,
instruction,
insurance,
intake,
lighting,
margin,
means,
measure,
mechanism,
monitoring,
nutrient,
nutrition,
oversight,
personnel,
planning,
preparation,
progress,
protection,
protein,
provision,
reliability,
remedy,
replacement,
representation,
reserve,
resource,
response,
retirement,
safeguard,
safety,
sample,
sanitation,
shelter,
skill,
sleep,
staffing,
standard,
storage,
substitute,
supervision,
supply,
support,
testing,
training,
transportation,
treatment,
understanding,
validity,
ventilation,
vitamin,
wage
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| derivation: |
adequately (adv.) |
The word adequate
contains the following parts:
ad-
Latin
prefix
that means to, toward
  More about this word part:
Originally a Latin preposition and prefix, ad-
occurs in English in Latin loanwords. It has multiple forms, as the final 'd' sound in ad-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See its assimilated forms: ac-, af-, ag-1, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, and at-.
Example words:
adapt, add, addict, addiction, adduce, adequate, adhere, adherent, adit, adjacent, adjective, adjunct, adjure, adjust, administer, administrative, administrator, admissible, admission, admit, admonition, adopt, adoption, advent, adverb, adversary, adverse, adversity, advert, advertent, advertise, advocate, inadvertent
equ, equi
Latin
root
that means equal
Example words:
adequate, equable, equal, equality, equanimity, equate, equation, equator, equiangular, equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equipoise, equitable, equity, equivalent, equivocal, equivocate, inadequate, inequality, inequity, iniquity, unequal, unequivocal
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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