adequate

== English == === Alternative forms === adæquate (archaic) === 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. === Pronunciation === Adjective (US) IPA(key): /ˈæd.ə.kwɪt/, (proscribed) /ˈæ.də.kɪt/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈæd.ɪ.kwət/ (Indic) IPA(key): /əɖɪˈkweʈ/ Verb IPA(key): /ˈæd.ɪˌkweɪt/ === Adjective === adequate (comparative more adequate, superlative most adequate) Equal to or fulfilling some requirement. Synonyms: acceptable, correspondent, proportionate, satisfactory, sufficient Antonym: inadequate 1853, Thomas De Quincey, Autobiographic Sketches in Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, “Dublin,” p. 254,[2] […] in those days, Ireland had no adequate champion; the Hoods and the Grattans were not up to the mark. ==== Synonyms ==== (passable): See Thesaurus:satisfactory ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== adequacy adequation adequative ==== Translations ==== === Determiner === adequate A sufficient amount of; enough. === Verb === adequate (third-person singular simple present adequates, present participle adequating, simple past and past participle adequated) (obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate. (obsolete) To equal. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === æquated == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== adequate inflection of adequare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== adequate f pl feminine plural of adequato