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Meaning of adequate

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  adequate
      adj 1: 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" [syn: {adequate}, {equal}] [ant:
             {inadequate}, {unequal}]
      2: sufficient for the purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food
         was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
         [syn: {adequate}, {decent}, {enough}]
      3: about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a
         secretary" [syn: {adequate}, {passable}, {fair to middling},
         {tolerable}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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