Definition of adequate

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- Adequate adj
- (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job" [ant: {inadequate}]
- Enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough" [syn: {decent}, {enough}]
- About average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary" [syn: {passable}, {fair to middling}]