adequate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Quotations 1.4.3 Translations

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• adæquate (archaic)

[edit] Etymology

Latin adaequatus, past participle of adaequare (“‘to make equal to’”); ad + aequare (“‘to make equal’”), aequus (“‘equal’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (WEAE) IPA: /ˈæd.ʌ.kwɪt/

[edit] Adjective

adequate (comparative more adequate, superlative most adequate)

1. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.

[edit] Antonyms

• inadequate

[edit] Quotations

• 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. —Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of the Empty House

[edit] Translations