Definitions of equate [ɪˈkweɪt]

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Definition of 'equate'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) equate
to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent or comparable:
to equate wealth with happiness.

2. equate
to state the equality of or between; put in the form of an equation.

3. equate
to reduce to an average or to a common standard of comparison.

Etymology: (1375–1425; < L aequātus, ptp. of aequāre to make equal, der. of aequusequal)

Definition of 'equate'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) compare, liken, equate
consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
"We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"

2. (verb) equate, correspond
be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

3. (verb) equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
"let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"

Definition of 'equate'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) equate
to consider sth to be the same as sth else
I equate handmade goods with quality.

Definition of 'equate'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) equate
to make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances

Translation of 'equate'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to regard as the same in some way He equates money with happiness.
Afrikaans: gelykmaak, gelykstel	Arabic: يُساوي	Bulgarian: сравнявам
Brazilian: equacionar	Czech: klást rovnítko mezi	German: gleichstellen
Danish: ligestille; sætte ligheds	Greek: εξισώνω	Spanish: equiparar, comparar
Estonian: samastama	Farsi: برابر شمردن؛ همانند دانست	Finnish: pitää samanlaisena
French: mettre sur le même pied	Hebrew: לְהָשווֹת	Hindi: बराबर मानना
Croatian: izjednačiti	Hungarian: egyenlővé tesz	Indonesian: menyamakan
Icelandic: leggja að jöfnu	Italian: equiparare, considerare u	Japanese: 等しいとする
Korean: 동일시하다	Lithuanian: prilyginti, laikyti lygiu	Latvian: vienādot; pielīdzināt
Malay: menyamakan	Dutch: gelijkstellen	Norwegian: sette likhetstegn mellom,
Polish: zrównywać, utożsamiać	Persian: برابر شمردن؛ همانند دانست	Pashto: معادله، موازنه، په شمېر ك
Portuguese: equacionar	Romanian: a considera că înseamnă a	Russian: приравнивать
Slovak: klásť znamienko rovnosti	Slovenian: izenačevati	Serbian: izjednačavati
Swedish: jämställa, likställa	Thai: แสดงให้เห็นว่าเท่ากัน	Turkish: eşit görmek
Taiwanese: 同等看待	Ukrainian: рівняти; прирівнювати	Urdu: مساوی یا ایک جیسا سمجھنا
Vietnamese: đánh đồng	Chinese: 同等看待
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