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Definition of adequate

"adequate" in the adjective sense

1. adequate, equal

having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

"she had adequate training"

"her training was adequate"

"she was adequate to the job"

"he was equal to the task"

2. adequate, enough

sufficient for the purpose

"an adequate income"

"the food was adequate"

"enough food"

"food enough"

3. adequate, passable, fair to middling, tolerable

about average acceptable

"more than adequate as a secretary"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for adequate

Nature is indeed adequate to Fear, but to Reverence not adequate. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

These papers of the day have uses more adequate to the purposes of common life than more pompous and durable volumes. [ Dr. Johnson ]

If misery be the effect of virtue, it ought to be reverenced; if of ill-fortune, to be pitied; and if of vice, not to be insulted, because it is perhaps itself a punishment adequate to the crime by which it was produced. [ Dr. Johnson ]

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adequate in Scrabble®

The word adequate is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 18

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters adequate:

ADEQUATE
(252)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

equated

 

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adequate in Words With Friends™

The word adequate is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters adequate:

ADEQUATE
(234)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (1 word)

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2 letter words in adequate (4 words)

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4 letter words in adequate (7 words)

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6 letter words in adequate (1 word)

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7 letter words in adequate (1 word)

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8 letter words in adequate (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence adequate

Words that start with adequate (3 words)

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