What is the meaning of adequate?

Having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task.
- usage: "she had adequate training"; "her training was adequate"; "she was adequate to the job"; "he was equal to the task"
- synonyms: equal
Sufficient for the purpose.
- usage: "an adequate income"; "the food was adequate"; "a decent wage"; "enough food"; "food enough"
- synonyms: decent, enough
About average; acceptable.
- usage: "more than adequate as a secretary"
- synonyms: passable, fair to middling, tolerable

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