Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

A sufficient amount of; enough.

(obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate. / (obsolete) To equal.

In an adequate manner. / Sufficient to satisfy a requirement or meet a need; sufficiently; satisfactorily. / Barely satisfactory or sufficient.

The quality of being adequate, of meeting needs or expectations.

simple past tense and past participle of adequate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of adequate

plural of adequateness

equivalence / (linguistics) A change in the meaning of a term depending upon context / (obsolete) The act of equalizing; act or result of making adequate; an equivalent.

plural of adequation