Equate

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  • intransitive verb. To make equal or equivalent.
  • intransitive verb. To reduce to a standard or an average; equalize.
  • intransitive verb. To consider, treat, or depict as equal or equivalent.
  • intransitive verb. To be or seem to be equal; correspond.
  • intransitive verb. To result in.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In entomology, smooth, as a surface; having no special elevations or depressions. Also equal.
  • To make equal or equivalent; regard or treat as equal.
  • To reduce to an average; make such correction or allowance in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison, or will bring to a true result: as, to equate observations in astronomy.
  • To be equal or equivalent to; equal.
  • To join by the sign of equality.
  • In the preparation of the running schedules for trains, to make an allowance of an imaginary increase in length of line, on account of and as an equivalent of the retardation due to curves.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. 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
  • transitive verb. adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
  • transitive verb. adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To consider equal, to state as being equivalent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
  • verb. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
  • verb. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous
  • Word Usage
    "How does this phone call equate to a dirty trick in any way?"
    Form
    equated  equating  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    be  consider  equal  study  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ate  Cate  Est  Fate  Haight  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    accommodate  adjust  align  ally  apply  
    verb-form