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{
"term": "adequate",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "enough in quantity, or good enough in quality, for a particular purpose or need",
"sensetop": "adequate for somethingadequate to do something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They'll need an adequate supply of hot water."
},
{
"text": "The room was small but adequate."
},
{
"text": "There is a lack of adequate provision for students who use wheelchairs."
},
{
"text": "He didn't give an adequate answer to the question."
},
{
"text": "The space available is not adequate for our needs.",
"contextForm": "adequate for something"
},
{
"text": "training that is adequate to meet the future needs of industry",
"contextForm": "adequate to do something"
},
{
"text": "The financial assistance given to students is less than adequate."
},
{
"text": "The old computer is still perfectly adequate for most tasks."
},
{
"text": "The system is more than adequate to deal with any problems."
},
{
"text": "The trains were not considered adequate for use on the modern railways."
},
{
"text": "These measures are not considered adequate by conservationists."
},
{
"text": "The training given should be adequate to meet the future needs of the industry."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "prove", "seem"],
"adverb": ["really", "very", "perfectly"],
"preposition": ["for"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædɪkwət/",
"audio": "ad/adequate/adequate__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈædɪkwət/",
"audio": "ad/adequate/adequate__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "early 17th cent.: from Latin adaequatus ‘made equal to’, past participle of the verb adaequare, from ad- ‘to’ + aequus ‘equal’."
}