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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, a. [L. adaequatus p. p. of adaequare to make equal to ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See {Equal}.] Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as powers adequate to a great work an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. --De Quincey. Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [See {Adequate}, a.] 1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby. 2. To equal. [Obs.] It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. --Shelford. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: adequate adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job" [ant: {inadequate}] 2: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: {decent}, {enough}] 3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [syn: {passable}, {fair to middling}]
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