1. [adj]  (sometimes followed by `to') meeting the requirements especially of a task; "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"
2. [adj]  about average; acceptable; "more than adequate as a secretary"
3. [adj]  enough to meet a purpose; "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"

ADEQUATE is a 8 letter word that starts with A.

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

2. \Ad"e*quate\, v. t. [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.