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adequate

Enough for what is needed.

Meaning of «adequate»

adjective

enough for what is needed

The hotel room was adequate but not very large.

Translation

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«adequate» in 17 languages
AR العربية
AZ Azərbaycan
DE Deutsch
ES Español
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FR Français
HI हिन्दी
ID Indonesia
JA 日本語
KO 한국어
PT Português
RO Română
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TH ไทย
TR Türkçe
UK Українська
UZ O‘zbek
VI Tiếng Việt

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The difference between similar words

good enough, but not very good
acceptablegood enough to be allowed or approvedIs this price acceptable to you?
okayinformalfine, nothing special; spoken EnglishThe food was okay, nothing special.
adequatejust enough for what you need, no moreThe room was small but adequate.
decentquite good, better than you expectedWe found a decent restaurant near the station.

Word family

adequate B1 · adjectiveadequacy C1 · nounadequately B1 · adverbinadequate B2 · adjective

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