Definitions
Sufficient or good enough for what is needed.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“powers adequate to a great work”
“an adequate definition”
“Her legal allowance was not adequate to her fortune, nor sufficient for her comfortable maintenance […]”
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