adequate is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation change

Adjective change

Positive
adequate

Comparative
more adequate

Superlative
most adequate

  1. If something is adequate, it is good enough.
    It is very hard to provide a simple but adequate explanation.
    She left her other job so that she could devote adequate time to the school.
    A small knife is adequate for this purpose.
    By 1922, the single school-room was no longer adequate to meet the needs of the town.

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