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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
adequate/ˈadɪkwət/
▶adjective satisfactory or acceptable.
– derivatives
adequacy noun,
adequately adverb.
adequacy noun,
adequately adverb.
– origin C17: from L. adaequat-, adaequare ‘make equal to’, from ad- ‘to’ + aequus ‘equal’.
'adequate' also found in these Oxford entries:
acceptable
- berth
- content
- elbow room
- feed
- last
- maladaptive
- man
- meet
- parapsychic
- pass
- prejudge
- provide
- respectable
- satisfy
- scant
- second best
- specific performance
- suffice
- sufficiency
- sufficient
- supply
- undue influence
- unexceptionable
Forum discussions with the word(s) "adequate" in the title:
"enough","sufficient" and "adequate"
"The adequate ones" or just "adequate"
adequate
adequate thread to our tripod
adequate to the task of
Adequate use of connectors
And not surprisingly[,] he is the most adequate student (comma use)
Enough vs adequate vs sufficient
less adequate command of the English language?
reach an adequate standard on the course
sufficient and adequate ?
This scarcely seems adequate help to enable slow learners to
to make adequate allowance for dealing
"The adequate ones" or just "adequate"
adequate
adequate thread to our tripod
adequate to the task of
Adequate use of connectors
And not surprisingly[,] he is the most adequate student (comma use)
Enough vs adequate vs sufficient
less adequate command of the English language?
reach an adequate standard on the course
sufficient and adequate ?
This scarcely seems adequate help to enable slow learners to
to make adequate allowance for dealing
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