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adequate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | fair to middling, passable, tolerable |
| Derivation | adequateness |
more than adequate as a secretary.
adequate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | enough |
| Derivation | adequateness |
an adequate income.
the food was adequate.
adequate::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | equal |
| Derivation | adequateness |
she had adequate training.
her training was adequate.
she was adequate to the job.
Examples of adequate
adequate
The levy also supports an adequate fund balance that can be used when necessary.
From the dailyherald.com
Good nutrition, adequate rest and regular exercise will make you look your best.
From the timesunion.com
I pray that CBS has taken adequate precautions to protect the children involved.
From the time.com
The exterior deck space is barely adequate for the number of passengers carried.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Brian Fuentes can do an adequate job as a closer if Andrew Bailey is out awhile.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
Push it harder and it gets imprecise, although it's adequate for general riding.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Ponds must have at least one acre of surface water and be adequate fish habitat.
From the dailyherald.com
The building should be clean and tidy, secure and have adequate fire protection.
From the middevonstar.co.uk
Whatever the measure, Alberta lacks an adequate strategy to deal with emissions.
From the economist.com
- Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task"
- Sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
- About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
- (adequateness) adequacy: the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily: "he questioned the adequacy of the usual sentimental interpretation of the Golden Rule"
- Adequate Seven were a seven piece funk band from the UK which blends music styles such as hip hop, hardcore, punk, and funk who formed in 2000 and split in December 2006.
- (Adequacy (linguistics)) In his seminal work Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965), Noam Chomsky introduces a hierarchy of Levels of Adequacy for evaluating grammars (theories of specific languages) and metagrammars (theories of grammars).
- (Adequacy (logic)) In logic, a functionally complete set of logical connectives or Boolean operators is one which can be used to express all possible truth tables by combining members of the set into a Boolean expression. ...
- Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient
- (adequately) In an adequate manner; Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily; Barely satisfactory or sufficient
