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adequate

Pronunciation: /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/

The English word “adequate” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

determiner

  1. A sufficient amount of; enough.

verb

  1. To equalize; to make adequate.
  2. To equal.

Etymology

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. By surface analysis, ad- + equate.

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