adequate
Bridgezipf 4.05Pronunciation
/ˈædɪkwɪt/(AD-i-kwit)
Part of speech
adjectiveneutral
Chinese
足够的;适当的(刚好满足需要或要求,但不一定优秀)
Definition
Satisfactory or acceptable in quantity or quality; sufficient for a purpose.
Word family
- adequacy/ˈædɪkwəsi/(n)足够;适当性
- adequately/ˈædɪkwɪtli/(adv)足够地
- inadequate/ɪnˈædɪkwɪt/(adj)不够的;不足的
Collocations
- adequate funding
- adequate preparation
- more than adequate
- barely adequate
- adequate for the purpose
- an adequate response
- feel inadequate
Examples
- 1.The current funding is adequate for running the service but not for expanding it.
- 2.Critics argued the government's response to the crisis was barely adequate given the scale of the problem.
Synonyms
- sufficient/səˈfɪʃənt/— enough; often slightly more positive
- satisfactory/ˌsætɪsˈfæktəri/— good enough; acceptable
- acceptable/əkˈsɛptəbəl/— meeting minimum standards
Etymology
from Latin "adaequatus" = made equal to, from "ad-" + "aequus" (equal)