Adequate

Pronunciation

• US IPA: /ˈæd.ÊŒ.kwɪt/

Alternative forms

• adæquate archaic

Origin

Latin adaequatus, past participle of adaequare ("to make equal to"); ad + aequare ("to make equal"), aequus ("equal").

Full definition of adequate

Adjective

1. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition lawfully and physically sufficient.
• De QuinceyIreland had no adequate champion.
• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty HouseAll 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.

Antonyms

• inadequate

Verb

1. (obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.
2. (obsolete) To equal.It is an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. — Shelford.