how to pronounce adequate

/ˈæd.ə.kwət/

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adequate is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of adequate in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… currently rated as an adequate ri but …”

meaning of adequate

Adequate means enough or sufficient.

adequate frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word adequate occurs in english on average 35.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics adequate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that adequate can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;