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adequate
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adjective (a)

  • having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task(adj.all)
    Example:
    She had adequate training.
    Her training was adequate.
    She was adequate to the job.
    Synonym:
    equal
    Antonym:
    inadequate, unequal
    source: wordnet30
  • Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

adjective satellite (s)

  • sufficient for the purpose(adj.all)
    Example:
    An adequate income.
    The food was adequate.
    Synonym:
    decent, enough
    source: wordnet30
  • about average; acceptable(adj.all)
    Example:
    More than adequate as a secretary.
    Synonym:
    fair to middling, passable, tolerable
    source: wordnet30

verb (v)

  • To equalize; to make adequate.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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