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adequate         
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
If something is adequate, there is enough of it or it is good enough to be used or accepted.
One in four people worldwide are without adequate homes...
The old methods weren't adequate to meet current needs...
? inadequate
ADJ: oft ADJ to-inf, ADJ for n
adequately
Many students are not adequately prepared for higher education...
I speak the language adequately.
ADV: ADV with v
Adequate         
·adj To Equal.
II. Adequate ·adj To Equalize; to make adequate.
III. Adequate ·adj Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.
adequate         
a.
Sufficient, sufficing, enough, commensurate, proportionate, correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted.
Examples of use of ADEQUATE
1. What was adequate a few years ago is no longer adequate.
2. Acting leader Vincent Cable said: "Isn‘t the truth at the end of it that the troops lack adequate equipment, lack adequate medical care, lack adequate accommodation?
3. After months of adequate or more–than–adequate rainfall, most reservoirs should be in a healthy state.
4. Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat culture spokesman, said: People are serving alcohol without adequate training, without adequate support.
5. Saudi Readymix ensures regular and adequate supply.