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adequate

//ˈæd.ə.kwɪt//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Determiner

A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

formal

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Forms

Comparative: more adequate
Superlative: most adequate

Definitions

Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

1.Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.
- John was a perfectly adequate academic. A perfectly adequate academic but not a notable teacher.
- All day as I drove upon my round I turned over the case in my mind, and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate.

Determiner
A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

1.A sufficient amount of; enough.
- We have adequate money for the journey.

Frequency

Overall

Uncommon· #3856

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Uncommon
Academic: Uncommon
Literature: Rare

Related words

Synonyms

equal

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Italic *aikʷos

Latin aiquos

Latin aequus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin aequō

Latin adaequō

Latin adaequātuslbor.

English adequate

Learned borrowing from Latin adaequātus, perfect passive participle of adaequō (“to make equal to”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (verb-forming suffix)), further from ad (“to, towards, at”) + aequō (“to make equal, equalize”), from aequus (“equal”). Cognate with French adéquat. By surface analysis, ad- + equate.

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Princeton WordNet (WordNet License)
Tatoeba (CC BY)
COCA / wordfrequency.info (derived frequency bands only)

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AdjectiveAdjective×A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

DetDeterminer×A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.

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Adjective
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Determiner
A word placed before a noun to show which person or thing is meant, or how much or how many.