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adequate

verb
  1. To equalize; to make adequate.

  2. To equal.

adjective
  1. Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

    "an adequate definition"

    Similar: acceptable, correspondent, proportionate, satisfactory, sufficient

Synonymsacceptable, correspondent, proportionate, satisfactory, sufficient
Antonymsinadequate

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