English-Thai Dictionary

adequate

ADJ พอ  พอเพียง  พอแล้ว  พอเหมาะ  sufficient satisfactory inadequate insufficient pho

 

adequately

ADV อย่าง พอเพียง  พอประมา ณ  sufficiently enough satisfactorily inadequately insufficiently yang-pho-phiang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ADEQUATE

a.Equal; proportionate; correspondent to; fully sufficient; as, means adequate to the object; we have no adequate ideas of infinite power. Adequate ideas, are such as exactly represent their object.

 

ADEQUATE

v.t.To resemble exactly. [Not used. ]

 

ADEQUATELY

adv. In an adequate manner; in exact proportion; with just correspondence, representation, or proportion; in a degree equal to the object.

 

ADEQUATENESS

n.The state of being adequate; justness of proportion or representation; sufficiency.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ADEQUATE

Ad "e *quate, a. Etym: [L. adaequatus, p. p. of adaequare to make equal to; ad + aequare to make equal, aequus equal. See Equal. ]

 

Defn: Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition. Ireland had no adequate champion. De Quincey.

 

Syn. -- Proportionate; commensurate; sufficient; suitable; competent; capable.

 

ADEQUATE

Ad "e *quate, v. t. Etym: [See Adequate, a.]

 

1. To equalize; to make adequate. [R.] Fotherby.

 

2. To equal. [Obs. ] It [is ] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. Shelford.

 

ADEQUATELY

ADEQUATELY Ad "e *quate *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an adequate manner.

 

ADEQUATENESS

ADEQUATENESS Ad "e *quate *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being adequate; suitableness; sufficiency; adequacy.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

adequate

ad e quate |ˈadikwit ˈædəkwət | ▶adjective satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity: this office is perfectly adequate for my needs | the law is adequate to deal with the problem | adequate resources and funding. DERIVATIVES ad e quate ly adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin adaequatus ‘made equal to, ’ past participle of the verb adaequare, from ad- ‘to ’ + aequus ‘equal. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

adequate

ad |equate |ˈadɪkwət | ▶adjective satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity: this office is perfectly adequate for my needs | adequate resources and funding. DERIVATIVES adequately adverb ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin adaequatus ‘made equal to ’, past participle of the verb adaequare, from ad- ‘to ’ + aequus ‘equal ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

adequate

adequate adjective 1 he lacked adequate financial resources: sufficient, enough, requisite. 2 the company provides an adequate service: acceptable, passable, reasonable, satisfactory, tolerable, fair, decent, quite good, pretty good, moderate, unexceptional, unremarkable, undistinguished, ordinary, average, not bad, all right, middling; informal OK, so-so, 'comme ci, comme ça', fair-to-middling, nothing to write home about. 3 the workstations were small but seemed adequate to the task: equal to, up to, capable of, suitable for, able to do, fit for, sufficient for.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

adequate

adequate adjective 1 he lacked adequate financial resources: sufficient, enough, ample, requisite, apposite, appropriate, suitable. ANTONYMS insufficient. 2 the company provides an adequate but not top-notch service: acceptable, passable, reasonable, satisfactory, tolerable, fair, fairly good, pretty good, goodish, middle-of-the-road, mediocre, unexceptional, unexceptionable, undistinguished, unremarkable, ordinary, commonplace, indifferent, average, not bad, all right, good enough, so-so, minimal, medium, moderate, run-of-the-mill, forgettable; informal OK, okay, fair-to-middling, nothing to write home about, nothing to shout about, no great shakes, (plain ) vanilla, bog-standard; Austral. /NZ informal half-pie. ANTONYMS inadequate. 3 the workstations were small but seemed adequate to the task: equal to, up to, capable, of, suited to, suitable for, able to do, qualified for, fit for, good enough for, sufficient for; informal up to scratch. ANTONYMS unequal to.

 

French Dictionary

adéquatement

adéquatement adv. adverbe De façon adéquate, qui convient. : Vous avez agi adéquatement. SYNONYME convenablement ; correctement .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

adequate

ad e quate /ǽdɪkwət /〖語源は 「等しくされた 」〗形容詞 more ～; most ～1 «…のために /…するのに » 十分な , 適当な «for /to do , for do ing » (!特定の目的や必要性に対して, 量や質がちょうど見合うことをいう ) (↔inadequate ; →enough , sufficient )▸ an adequate supply of food 十分な食料の供給 ▸ This room is not adequate for a bedroom .この部屋は寝室には不向きだ ▸ The information is not adequate to answer the question .その情報は答えを出すには不十分である 2 〖be ～〗〈人などが 〉【仕事などに 】適した, 適任の «to, for » ▸ They are adequate to the task .彼らはその仕事に向いている 3 〈行為 知識などが 〉まあまあの, かろうじて許せる ▸ Her presentation was adequate but not impressive .彼女の発表はまずまずだったが印象的ではなかった ～ly 副詞 十分 [適切 ]に 〈満たす 守るなど 〉; そこそこに .～ness 名詞 U 適切 [妥当 ]性 .