Definition of "adequate" in English

adjective

1. Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

   • powers adequate to a great work
   • an adequate definition
   • 1853, Thomas De Quincey, Autobiographic Sketches in Narrative and Miscellaneous Papers, Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, “Dublin,” p. 254, […] in those days, Ireland had no adequate champion; the Hoods and the Grattans were not up to the mark.

determiner

1. A sufficient amount of; enough.

   • We have adequate money for the journey.

verb

1. (obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.

2. (obsolete) To equal.