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adequate
|ˈadɪkwət|
Description
enough for some need or requirement; good enough; of a quality that is good or acceptable
Examples
- Be sure to allow adequate [=sufficient, enough] time for the paint to dry.
- The garden hasn’t been getting adequate water.
- The food was more than adequate for the six of us.
- Millions of people lack adequate [=sufficient] health care.
- The school lunch should be adequate to meet the nutritional needs of growing children.
- The machine does an adequate job.
- The tent should provide adequate protection from the elements.
- The quality of his work was perfectly adequate.
- Your grades are adequate but I think you can do better.
- The quality of his work was only/merely/barely adequate.
- Environmentalists doubt the adequacy of the regulations. [=doubt that the regulations are adequate]
- Are you adequately prepared for the exam?
Translation
- {прилагательное} — соответствующий, достаточный, адекватный
- {наречие} — достойно
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