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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
adequate
/ˈædɪkwət/
adjective1 of 2
enough; good enough for what is needed
- “We need not only adequate water but clean water.”Tatoeba
- “The various theoretical frameworks have failed to adequately explain this phenomenon.”Tatoeba
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verb2 of 2
To equal.
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR); IPA generated with eSpeak NG (GPL-3.0 (software))