{
    "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’."
}