adj.

1. Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need. See synonyms at sufficient.
2. Barely satisfactory or sufficient: The skater's technique was only adequate.

[Latin adaequātus, past participle of adaequāre, to equalize : ad-, ad- + aequāre, to make equal, from aequus, equal.]

adequacy ad'e·qua·cy (-kwə-sē) or ad'e·quate·ness n.
adequately ad'e·quate·ly adv.

adjective

1. Being what is needed without being in excess: comfortable, competent, decent, enough, satisfactory, sufficient. See excess/insufficiency/enough.
2. Of moderately good quality but less than excellent: acceptable, all right, average, common, decent, fair, fairish, goodish, moderate, passable, respectable, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable. Informal OK, tidy. See good/bad.

adj

Definition: enough, able
Antonyms: inadequate, inferior, insufficient, unequal, unfit, unqualified, unsuitable, useless

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Sufficient; equal to what is required; suitable to the case or occasion.

A law that requires public utilities to provide adequate service does not create a right for customers to sue the electric company whenever the meat in their freezers spoils because of a power outage in the absence of negligence. Service does not have to be perfect in order to meet a standard of adequacy.

IN BRIEF: As much as is needed; satisfactory, enough.

Is this outfit adequate for the meeting?

Common misspelling(s) of adequate

• adecuate

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - adækvat, passende, tilstrækkelig, fyldestgørende

Nederlands (Dutch)
(net) voldoende, in de juiste verhouding

Français (French)
adj. - adéquat, adapté, qui convient, satisfaisant, acceptable, (Ling) adéquat

Deutsch (German)
adj. - adäquat, angemessen, ausreichend, hinlänglich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - επαρκής, αρκετός, ικανός, κατάλληλος

Italiano (Italian)
adeguato, sufficiente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - adequado, apropriado, conveniente, suficiente

Русский (Russian)
адекватный, соответствующий, достаточный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - adecuado, apropiado, suficiente, bastante

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - adekvat, tillräcklig

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
足够的, 能满足需要的, 胜任的, 适当的, 差强人意的, 尚可的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 足夠的, 能滿足需要的, 勝任的, 適當的, 差強人意的, 尚可的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 적당한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 十分な, 適した, まずまずの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) ملائم, كاف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מתאים, מספיק‬

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