- enough in quantity, or good enough in quality, for a particular purpose or need
- They'll need an adequate supply of hot water.
- The room was small but adequate.
- There is a lack of adequate provision for students who use wheelchairs.
- He didn't give an adequate answer to the question.
- adequate for something The space available is not adequate for our needs.
- adequate to do something training that is adequate to meet the future needs of industry
Extra Examples- The financial assistance given to students is less than adequate.
- The old computer is still perfectly adequate for most tasks.
- The system is more than adequate to deal with any problems.
- The trains were not considered adequate for use on the modern railways.
- These measures are not considered adequate by conservationists.
- The training given should be adequate to meet the future needs of the industry.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- prove
- seem
- …
- really
- very
- perfectly
- …
- for
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin adaequatus ‘made equal to’, past participle of the verb adaequare, from ad- ‘to’ + aequus ‘equal’.Definitions on the go
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