Adequated vs. Adequate

Adequatedverb

simple past tense and past participle of adequate

Adequateadjective

Equal to or fulfilling some requirement.

‘powers adequate to a great work’; ‘an adequate definition’;

Adequateverb

(obsolete) To equalize; to make adequate.

Adequateverb

(obsolete) To equal.

Adequateadjective

Equal to some requirement; proportionate, or correspondent; fully sufficient; as, powers adequate to a great work; an adequate definition.

‘Ireland had no adequate champion.’;

Adequateverb

To equalize; to make adequate.

Adequateverb

To equal.

‘It [is] an impossibility for any creature to adequate God in his eternity.’;

Adequateadjective

(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’;

Adequateadjective

enough to meet a purpose;

‘an adequate income’; ‘the food was adequate’; ‘a decent wage’; ‘enough food’; ‘food enough’;

Adequateadjective

about average; acceptable;

‘more than adequate as a secretary’;

Adequateadjective

satisfactory or acceptable in quality or quantity

‘adequate resources and funding’; ‘this office is perfectly adequate for my needs’;