adequacy
/ˈædɪkwəsi/
adequacy noun: the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
Noun
adequacy (countable and uncountable, plural adequacies)
- The quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
- His zeal is, of course, unquestionable; his adequacy, however, I doubt.
- GREETINGS, adventurer! In honor of your adequacy, I bring you a gift from the Dunmer people!2013, Kazerad, Aggy: Approach, in: Prequel -or- Making a Cat Cry: The Adventure (webcomic), November 22 2013
- Synonyms:
- enoughness, sufficience, sufficiency
adequacy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
adequacy in Hindi
- sufficiency
- पर्याप्तता paryāptatā
adequacy in Tamil
- ஏற்ற, ஏற்ற அளவு, நிறைவு, போதுமான, போதுமான அளவு, போதுமை
adequacy in Urdu
- adequacy
- یوگیتو yogyatva, یوگیتا yogyatā
adequacy in Bengali
- প্রয়োজনীয়তা পূরণের জন্য পর্যাপ্ত, উপযুক্ত, সক্ষম হওয়ার গুণ
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- adequacy in Telugu
- సామర్థ్యం sāmarthyaṁ
- adequacy in Malayalam
- പര്യാപ്തത, മതിയായിരിക്കൽ, കഷ്ടിച്ചു മതിയായിരിക്കൽ, തൃപ്തികരമായ അവസ്ഥ
- adequacy in Kannada
- ಸಾಕಷ್ಟಿರುವುದು, ಪರ್ಯಾಪ್ತತೆ, ಸಾಕಷ್ಟಿರಿಕೆ
- adequacy in Sanskrit
- सम्भाव्य sambhāvya
Synonyms of adequacy
Antonyms
Forms of adequacy
| plural | adequacies |
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Origin of adequacy
From adequ(ate) + -acy.
Words formed from adequacy
Phrases with adequacy
Questions about adequacy
- What does adequacy mean?
- Adequacy means the quality of being sufficient, adequate or able to meet the needs.
- What is adequacy in Hindi?
- Adequacy in Hindi is पर्याप्तता (paryāptatā). See Adequacy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is adequacy?
- Adequacy is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adequacy?
- Adequacy is pronounced /ˈædɪkwəsi/.
- What is the plural of adequacy?
- The plural of adequacy is adequacies.
Words near adequacy in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: adequacy (page history and authors); adequacy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); یوگیتا (Urdu) (page history and authors); adequacy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); సామర్థ్యం (Telugu) (page history and authors); adequacy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); adequacy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सम्भाव्य (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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