adequate

(adjective, verb)

adjective

1. having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task

- she had adequate training

- her training was adequate

- she was adequate to the job

Similar word(s): capable, competent, satisfactory, equal

2. sufficient for the purpose

- an adequate income

- the food was adequate

Similar word(s): sufficient, enough

3. about average; acceptable

- more than adequate as a secretary

Similar word(s): satisfactory, passable, tolerable

verb

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

2. (obsolete) To equal.

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