adequacy
adequacy · adequacies
Brauchbarkeit, Angemessenheit, Eignung
The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needsThe quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
/ˈædɪkwəsi/
» Tom behaves obligingly to prove his adequacy.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.
Brauchbarkeit, Angemessenheit, Eignung
the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily:
Examples
2 sentencesTom behaves obligingly to prove his adequacy.
While this accord represents a breakthrough after months of negotiations, that says nothing about its adequacy.
deObwohl dieses Übereinkommen einen Durchbruch nach monatelangen Verhandlungen darstellt, ist es deshalb noch lange nicht angemessen.
Translations
5 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
sufficiency:
Forms
plural: adequacies| Singular | adequacy |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- the quality of being able to meet a need satisfactorily::adequateness
- the quality of being sufficient for the end in view:sufficiency
Antonyms
2 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsDerivedcapital adequacy
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable