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The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.
Carol Moseley Braun

Meaning of "adequate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ADEQUATE

From Latin adaequāre to equalize, from ad- to + aequusequal.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ADEQUATE

adequate  [ˈædɪkwɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ADEQUATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Adequate is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ADEQUATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

adequate

Adaptation

An adaptation, also called an adaptive trait, in biology is a trait with a current functional role in the life history of an organism that is maintained and evolved by means of natural selection. Adaptation refers to both the current state of being adapted and to the dynamic evolutionary process that leads to the adaptation. Adaptations contribute to the fitness and survival of individuals. Organisms face a succession of environmental challenges as they grow and develop and are equipped with an adaptive plasticity as the phenotype of traits develop in response to the imposed conditions. The developmental norm of reaction for any given trait is essential to the correction of adaptation as it affords a kind of biological insurance or resilience to varying environments.

Definition of adequate in the English dictionary

The definition of adequate in the dictionary is able to fulfil a need or requirement without being abundant, outstanding, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ADEQUATE


acquit
əˈkwɪt
banquet
ˈbæŋkwɪt
dewitt
dɪˈwɪt
dimwit
ˈdɪmˌwɪt
fuckwit
ˈfʌkwɪt
godwit
ˈɡɒdwɪt
grassquit
ˈɡrɑːsˌkwɪt
halfwit
ˈhɑːfˌwɪt
inadequate
ɪnˈædɪkwɪt
nitwit
ˈnɪtˌwɪt
outwit
ˌaʊtˈwɪt
quight
kwɪt
quit
kwɪt
requit
riːˈkwɪt
squit
skwɪt
torquate
ˈtɔːkwɪt
twit
twɪt
whit
wɪt
wit
wɪt
Witt
wɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ADEQUATE

adenopathy
adenosine
adenosine diphosphate
adenosine monophosphate
adenosine triphosphate
adenosis
adenoviral
adenovirus
adenyl
adenylic acid
adept
adeptly
adeptness
adequacy
adequately
adequateness
adequative
adermin
adespota
adessive

WORDS THAT END LIKE ADEQUATE

accentuate
actuate
antiquate
appropinquate
attenuate
coequate
college graduate
colliquate
eluate
equate
evacuate
evaluate
fluctuate
graduate
liquate
perpetuate
postgraduate
re-evaluate
situate
undergraduate

Synonyms and antonyms of adequate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «ADEQUATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «adequate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of adequate

Translation of «adequate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ADEQUATE

Find out the translation of adequate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of adequate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «adequate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

足够的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

adecuado
570 millions of speakers

English

adequate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर्याप्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

كافية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

адекватной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adequado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পর্যাপ্ত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

suffisant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mencukupi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

angemessen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

十分な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

충분한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cukup
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đầy đủ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போதுமான
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुरेशा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yeterli
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adeguato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odpowiednie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

адекватної
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adecvat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

επαρκή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voldoende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

adekvat
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tilstrekkelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of adequate

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ADEQUATE»

The term «adequate» is very widely used and occupies the 8.469 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ADEQUATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «adequate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «adequate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about adequate

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10 QUOTES WITH «ADEQUATE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word adequate.
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Michelle Bachelet
One of the factors a country's economy depends on is human capital. If you don't provide women with adequate access to healthcare, education and employment, you lose at least half of your potential. So, gender equality and women's empowerment bring huge economic benefits.
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George Pierce Baker
The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.
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Ruth Benedict
The adequate study of culture, our own and those on the opposite side of the globe, can press on to fulfillment only as we learn today from the humanities as well as from the scientists.
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Ben Bernanke
I think one of the lessons of the Depression - and this is something that Franklin Roosevelt demonstrated - was that when orthodoxy fails, then you need to try new things. And he was very willing to try unorthodox approaches when the orthodox approach had shown that it was not adequate.
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Norman Borlaug
Civilization as it is known today could not have evolved, nor can it survive, without an adequate food supply.
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Norman Borlaug
Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind.
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Elizabeth Bowen
Who is ever adequate? We all create situations each other can't live up to, then break our hearts at them because they don't.
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Carol Moseley Braun
The failure in Ohio to have adequate voting capacity for the people who were registered and eligible to vote was an absolute denial of their right to vote.
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Donald Bren
When I first joined the Irvine Company, I realized that less than 11,000 acres were designated as open space in the original master plan, and that just didn't seem adequate to me. So, I began the lengthy process working with public and community organizations to add more open space.
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Gro Harlem Brundtland
A safe and nutritionally adequate diet is a basic individual right and an essential condition for sustainable development, especially in developing countries.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ADEQUATE»

Discover the use of adequate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to adequate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Devising an Adequate System of Minority Protection: ...
2 Article 16 ECHR.
Kristin Henrard, 2000
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Freedom from Want: The Human Right to Adequate Food
" In George Kent's view, the lofty rhetoric of the first statement will not be fulfilled until we take the second statement seriously. Kent sees hunger as a deeply political problem.
George Kent, 2005
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Searching for an Adequate God: A Dialogue Between Process ...
In this book advocates of both process and free-will theism come together for the first time to describe their respective theological perspectives and enter into constructive dialogue with each other.
David Ray Griffin, John B. Cobb, Clark H. Pinnock, 2000
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Article 27: The Right to an Adequate Standard of Living
This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 27 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Asbjørn Eide, 2006
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An Adequate Education Defined
Court decisions historically have dealt with educational equity; now they are helping to establish "adequacy" as a standard in education.
M. Donald Thomas, E. E. Davis, 2001
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Governance of Life in Chinese Moral Experience: The Quest ...
This book presents works by a number of internationally known scholars and will be of interest to students and scholars of anthropology, sociology, political science, history, Chinese philosophy, law, and public health.
Everett Zhang, Arthur Kleinman, Weiming Tu, 2010
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Adequate Education Law for Modern Russia
Deals with the problems in education after ten years of reforms that were aimed at substantially revising the Russian education system.
Jan De Groof, Gracienne Lauwers, Vladimir M. Filippov, 2001
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Adequate HLA Matching in Keratoplasty
The answer is human leukocyte antigens (HLA) matching. In this volume, immunological and clinical aspects are discussed by renowned clinical and experimental immunologists as well as experienced keratoplasty surgeons.
Rainer Sundmacher, 2003
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Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes:: Is It Adequate?
The volume also discusses work-related injuries, violence toward and abuse of nursing staffs, and stress among nursing personnel--and examines whether these problems are related to staffing levels.
Gooloo S. Wunderlich, Frank Sloan, Carolyne K. Davis, 1996
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The Right to Adequate Food in Emergencies
This study examines the international legal framework of relevance to the right to adequate food in emergencies, exploring applicable international human rights and humanitarian law as well as economic and environmental law.
Lorenzo Cotula, Margaret Vidar, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ADEQUATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term adequate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Hong Kong must do more to ensure adequate living space for its …
The ultimate solution to our housing conundrum lies in adequate land supply for more private and public flats, without which affordable housing ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
2
Study finds TFD staff levels 'adequate'
TROY — An independent consultant's study of the city's fire department has been completed, finding adequate staff levels currently exist. The study also ... «Troy Daily News, Jul 15»
3
Din l-Art Helwa requests adequate public consultation on draft …
In a statement, Din l-Art Helwa said it requested the government to ensure that the public is given adequate opportunity to voice their views and ... «Malta Independent Online, Jul 15»
4
Sugar futures remains weak on adequate stocks
Sugar prices slid 0.37 per cent to Rs 2,126 per quintal in futures trade today on offloading of positions by speculators, triggered by adequate ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Adequate cattle handling facilities important for performance, safety
Even though we have smartened up and learned to let the packer discipline the fence jumpers, tree climbers, and man killers; adequate ... «Farm and Ranch Guide, Jul 15»
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Jeera, turmeric fall on adequate supply
Traders said besides fall in demand, adequate stocks on higher supplies from producing regions mainly pulled down prices of the spices. «Business Standard, Jul 15»
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Adequate, targeted financing key to people-centred sustainable …
At the heart of the discussions at the Addis conference will be strategies to help governments unlock both domestic and international resources ... «UN News Centre, Jul 15»
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Adequate rest and recovery critical to help workers avoid overtime …
But experts say significant stretches of overtime without adequate time for recovery could not only result in diminished work performance, but it ... «Windsor Star, Jul 15»
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'Terminator Genisys' more than adequate
Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator and J.K. Simmons as Detective O'Brien, in Terminator Genisys, from Paramount Pictures and ... «East Valley Tribune, Jul 15»
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Illinois Landfill Capacity Adequate: IEPA
Illinois Landfill Capacity Adequate: IEPA. The state of Illinois has room for 21 more years worth of trash. The Illinois EPA's annual landfill report shows the state ... «1340 WJOL, Jul 15»

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