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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [See Adequate, a.]
     1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To equal. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              It [is] an impossibility for any creature to
              adequate God in his eternity.         --Shelford.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to
     make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See
     Equal.]
     Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent;
     fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an
     adequate definition.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Ireland had no adequate champion.        --De Quincey.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable;
          competent; capable.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, a. [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to
     make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See
     Equal.]
     Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent;
     fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an
     adequate definition.
  
           Ireland had no adequate champion.        --De Quincey.
  
     Syn: Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable;
          competent; capable.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Adequate \Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [See Adequate, a.]
     1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] --Fotherby.
  
     2. To equal. [Obs.]
  
              It [is] an impossibility for any creature to
              adequate God in his eternity.         --Shelford.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  adequate
       adj 1: (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements
              especially of a task; "she had adequate training";
              "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the
              job" [ant: inadequate]
       2: enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
          was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food
          enough" [syn: decent, enough]
       3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a
          secretary" [syn: passable, fair to middling]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     Αγγλικά a.
     κατάλληλος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it adequare  2 p pres ind ; 2 p imp)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it adequato)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     a.
     Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
     det.
     A sufficient amount of; enough.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it adequare  2 p pres ind ; 2 p imp)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it adequato)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     Italian vb.
     (inflection of it adequare  2 p pres ind ; 2 p imp)
     Italian part.p.
     (feminine plural of it adequato)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     Englanti a.
     riittävä, asianmukainen, pätevä, adekvaatti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  adequate
     Engelska a.
     adekvat, (tillämplig)lämplig

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  adequate /ˈadɪkwət/
  adekwaat

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Adequate /ˈadɪkwət/
  كافي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  adequate //ˈæ.də.kɪt// //ˈæd.ə.kwɪt// //ˈæd.ɪ.kwət// //ˈæd.ɪˌkweɪt// 
  адекватен, съответен, съразмерен
  equal to some requirement