Adequate

  • 71adequate — ad·e·quate || ædɪkwÉ™t adj. sufficient, suitable; barely passable, tolerable …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 72adequate — adjective satisfactory or acceptable. Derivatives adequacy noun adequately adverb Origin C17: from L. adaequat , adaequare make equal to , from ad to + aequus equal …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 73adequate — a. Sufficient, sufficing, enough, commensurate, proportionate, correspondent, equal, suitable, fit, competent, adapted …

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  • 74adequate — adj 1. suitable, fit, due, commensurate, proportionate, equivalent, equal, (of punishment) condign; sufficient, enough, ample, plentiful. 2. satisfactory, competent, able, capable, up to scratch, Inf. up to snuff; passable, tolerable, acceptable …

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  • 75adequate — ad•e•quate [[t]ˈæd ɪ kwɪt[/t]] adj. 1) as much or as good as necessary for some requirement or purpose; fully sufficient, suitable, or fit 2) barely sufficient or suitable 3) law Law. reasonably sufficient for starting legal action • Etymology:… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 76adequate —   Lawa pono …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 77adequate — Fully sufficient; equal to what is required; lawfully and reasonably sufficient. Standard Dict. See Nagle v Billings, 77 Mont 205, 250 P 445 …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 78adequate — see EQUAL …

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  • 79adequate — adj. 1 sufficient, satisfactory (often with the implication of being barely so). 2 (foll. by to) proportionate. 3 barely sufficient. Derivatives: adequacy n. adequately adv. Etymology: L adaequatus past part. of adaequare make equal (as AD ,… …

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  • 80adequate diet — balanced and fully sufficient feed in aquaculture or nature …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

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