to equalize
10
4.4
- verb
- /ˈiːkwəlaɪz/
- US
:
igualar
- We must first establish agrarian reforms before we proceed... to equalize the social classes, and above all...
- equalizing effect
- equalize opportunity
- equalized health status
And the moment I equalize the pressure, it stops.
- And the moment I equalize the pressure, it stops.
- So I'm saying like we need to equalize our neighborhoods.
- When you are diving deep and you have conventional air, then you need to stop so that you can equalize the gases in your lungs.
- The function of our system of reconciliation is not to determine the value of pigs and equalize the number of pigs.
- So doing my best to equalize your total course load this semester by making this course crazy now and lighten up when final season comes.
- They, they would want to see like the healthcare system be equalized so that people who are rich don't get it, you know, way better healthcare than other people.
- So it seemed to have equalized, democratized, encouraged more students to just treat me as another box.
Examples
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Opportunity to learn standards could become the basis for legal challenges to equalize resources.
Academic text (1993) -
On the other side, people think that it is a way to kind of equalize opportunity to some extent in the country.
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However, the primary political concern was to equalize women with men in the public domain.
Academic text (2000) -
The only way to improve the quality of education and promote equity is to equalize school funding.
Academic text (1995) -
Small group instruction helps equalize opportunities for students to ask questions.
Academic text (1994) -
In 1973, the government adopted a new policy attempting to equalize the quality of high school education.
Academic text (1992) -
However, this M.O. has the benefit of equalizing the contributions of all members of the collective regardless of art-world status.
Academic text (2011) -
Tax policy changed from its prior focus on redistributing and equalizing incomes to a focus on boosting production instead.
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In effect, the Commission and the guideline equalized the white-collar fraud offenses with blue-collar theft offenses.
Academic text (2017) -
The new policy aims to equalize opportunities for students from different backgrounds.
Synonyms
841
1.0
To be the same color or style as something else
245
1.0
To make something the same in value or amount as another
83
4.2
To make things the same by using one set of rules
35
4.1
Make something usual or bring it back to its usual state
25
3.5
Make things equal and make up for a lack so nothing is too much or too little
18
3.4
To make a surface, amount, or relationship level by removing differences
12
6.1
To make a liquid like milk the same all the way by mixing it well
2
4.1
To make two things equal or fair by adjusting what is different
1
7.9
To make something even in different places or at different times
1
8.6
To become or make something balanced
To make different things the same in form or rules
How Equal
- Specialized
12
6.1
- US
83
4.2
- US
10
4.4
81
3.7
317
2.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Equalize comes from the simple word equal, which means 'same', and the ending -ize, which means 'make'. So to equalize something is to 'make it the same', for example to make sizes, pay, or chance even.