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[ adjective ] (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task
Examples "she had adequate training" "her training was adequate" "she was adequate to the job" Used in print ("Editorials"...)The Lenin tomb is obviously adequate for double occupancy , Moscow is a crowded city , and the creed of communism deplores waste . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)In the absence of a truly adequate conceptuality in which the gospel can be expressed , the unavoidable need to demythologize it makes use of whatever resources are at_hand - and this usually means one or another of the various forms of `` folk religion '' current in the situation . (Organic Gardening and Farming,...)If you do use a cold_frame be sure that its ventilation is adequate . (Edward Austin Walton, "On Education for the Interior...)It will occur to anyone that the teacher must have adequate education , a depth and breadth of knowledge far beyond the immediate necessities of his course plus complete dedication to his subject and to his students . In_spite_of this , many universities offer adequate and even distinguished courses in the subject . Related terms inadequate adequate_to adequate_to competent satisfactory adequacy |
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[ adjective ] enough to meet a purpose
Examples "an adequate income" "the food was adequate" "a decent wage" "enough food" "food enough" Used in print (Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)You cannot get_along without an adequate supply of pure water . A pond may provide adequate water for livestock and garden . (Statements 87th Congress, 1st Session. Appropriations,...)Upon the expiration of a period deemed adequate for demonstration purposes for each plant , but not to exceed such twelve year period , the Secretary shall proceed as promptly as practicable to dispose of any plants so constructed by sale to the highest bidder , or as may otherwise be directed by Act of Congress . (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)Freeman , Cameron and McGhie , in their description of the disturbances of thinking found in chronic schizophrenic patients , say , in regard_to condensation , that `` the lack of adequate discrimination between the self and the environment , and the objects contained therein in itself is the prototypical condensation '' . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] about average; acceptable
Synonyms Examples "more than adequate as a secretary" Used in print (The Department of State: A Fresh Look at the...)The wrong man in the wrong position , perhaps even in a junior position abroad , can be a source of great harm to our policy ; the attitudes of a U.N. delegate who experiences difficulty in finding adequate housing in New_York_City , or of a foreign diplomat in similar circumstances in our Capital , can be easily be directed against the United_States and all that it stands_for . Related terms |
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