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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: 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" [syn: compare, liken, equate]
2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: equate, correspond]
3: 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" [syn: equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate]

Merriam Webster's

verb (equated; equating) Etymology: Middle English, from Latin aequatus, past participle of aequare Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. a. to make equal ; equalize b. to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard or obtain a correct result 2. to treat, represent, or regard as equal, equivalent, or comparable <equates disagreement with disloyalty> intransitive verb to correspond as equal

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. 1 tr. (usu. foll. by to, with) regard as equal or equivalent. 2 intr. (foll. by with) a be equal or equivalent to. b agree or correspond. Derivatives: equatable adj. Etymology: ME f. L aequare aequat- f. aequus equal

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Equate E*quate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.] 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. Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. --Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ). Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent. Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(equates, equating, equated) If you equate one thing with another, or if you say that one thing equates with another, you believe that they are strongly connected. I'm always wary of men wearing suits, as I equate this with power and authority... The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism... The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror. VERB: V n with n, V pl-n, V to/with n • equation ...the equation of gangsterism with business in Coppola's film. N-UNCOUNT: oft N of n with n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Make equal, set equal to (each other). 2. Average, reduce to an average.

Moby Thesaurus

accommodate, adjust, align, ally, apply, assimilate, associate, balance, bind, bracket, cancel, collimate, collineate, compare, compensate, connect, consider, coordinate, correlate, correspond, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, couple, draw a parallel, equalize, equidistance, even, even up, fit, follow, hold, identify, integrate, interrelate, level, liken, line up, link, match, paragon, parallel, parallelize, place parallel to, poise, proportion, realign, regard, relate, relativize, represent, similize, square, strike a balance, tie, treat, wed