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adecvat

adequate, appropriate, suitable /a.dekˈvat/

adjective#4424 most common

Also: fitting, proper

Example sentences

Acesta este un răspuns adecvat.
This is an adequate answer.
Nu am haine adecvate pentru frig.
I don't have adequate clothes for the cold.
Trebuie să găsim o soluție adecvată acestei probleme.
We need to find a solution appropriate to this problem.
Comportamentul lui nu a fost adecvat situației.
His behavior was not appropriate to the situation.
Autoritățile au adoptat măsuri adecvate pentru a preveni criza.
The authorities adopted adequate measures to prevent the crisis.
Este esențial ca reglementările să fie adecvate provocărilor tehnologice contemporane.
It is essential that the regulations be adequate to contemporary technological challenges.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeadecvat / adecvatăadecvați / adecvate
Genitiveadecvat / adecvatăadecvați / adecvate
Accusativeadecvat / adecvatăadecvați / adecvate
Vocativeadecvat / adecvatăadecvați / adecvate

Word family

a adecvato adapt, to make suitable
adecvarethe act of adapting or making suitable
inadecvatinadequate, unsuitable
adecvatadequately, suitably

Etymology

Adecvat entered Romanian through French adéquat, itself from Latin adaequatus, the past participle of adaequare, to make equal to. The Latin verb combines the prefix ad- (toward) with aequare (to make equal), from aequus (equal, level). Romanian adopted the word in the 19th century as part of a wave of French and Latin borrowings that modernized its formal vocabulary.

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