adequateとは

語源

Latin adaequatus, past participle of adaequare (“to make equal to”); ad + aequare (“to make equal”), aequus (“equal”).

発音

• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈæd.ʌ.kwɪt/, /ˈæ.dʌ.kɪt/ (proscribed)

形容詞

adequate (comparative more adequate, superlative most adequate)

1. Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient

   powers adequate to a great work

   an adequate definition

   • De Quincey

     Ireland had no adequate champion.

   • Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Adventure of the Empty House

     All day, as I drove upon my round, I turned over the case in my mind and found no explanation which appeared to me to be adequate.

反意語

• inadequate

動詞

adequate (三人称単数 現在形 adequates, 現在分詞 adequating, 過去形および過去分詞形 adequated)

1. (obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.

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2. (obsolete) To equal.

   It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity. — Shelford.

アナグラム

• æquated