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   equate

   /ɪˈkweɪt/

   verb

   • 1. consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another: "customers equate their name with quality" Similar regard as the same asregard as identical toidentifyliken tocomparebracketclassassociateconnectpairlinkrelateallythink of togetherset side by side
   • ▪ (of one thing) be the same as or equivalent to (another): "that sum equates to half a million pounds today" Similar correspondbe equivalentamountequalbe the same as
   • ▪ cause (two or more things) to be the same in quantity or value: "the level of prices will move to equate supply and demand" Similar equalizebalanceeven out/up/offlevel up/offsquaretallymatchmake equalmake evenmake levelmake equivalentmake identicalmake the samemake uniform

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘make equal, balance’): from Latin aequat- ‘made level or equal’, from the verb aequare, from aequus (see equal). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. equatable adjective

   Scrabble Points: 15

   • E

     1

   • Q

     10

   • U

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

     1

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