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to equate

to equate

25 4.1
Make two numbers or expressions equal to each other
  • verb
  • /ɪˈkwāt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : igualar
  • The teacher explained how to equate the two sides of the equation to solve for x.
  • equated performance
  • equated performance condition
  • equated level

Well, what is that operation equate to?

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Examples

  • Ultimately, true knowledge equates to wisdom.

  • Now that force we must equate to MA.

  • OK, I can go ahead and equate these two terms.

  • But purpose and time with family does not always need to equate to less money.

  • And then now we have to equate the constant term.

  • But first let's equate those two solid angles.

  • The findings suggest that some youth offenders equate violence to labor.

    Academic text (2013)

  • $12 million in 1956 would equate to about $130 to $135 million today.

    The Conqueror: Hollywood Fallout (2024)

  • Standard economic analysis equates the creation of monopoly power with reductions in welfare.

    Academic text (1991)

  • To many in society, Braille equates to blindness while print equates to sight.

    Academic text (1990)

Synonyms

to amount to
vsto equate
229 3.1

Be the same as something, often a bad result

is used in mathematics to show exact sameness in value or function
to correspond
vsto equate
68 3.8

Be similar to something in meaning, amount or place

is used in mathematics to show exact sameness in value or meaning

Antonyms

to differ
152 2.6

To be different from another person or thing in some way

Surface Forms

equate infinitive
equated past
equated past participle
equating present participle
equates third person singular

Morphology

equate = equal (transparent) = equal + ate

Formed by adding the verb-forming suffix '-ate' to 'equal'; the meaning 'to consider or make equal' is directly derived from the base.

Etymology

Equate comes from the Latin root aequ- and the word aequus meaning 'equal', the same root you see in equal and equation. So, in math to equate two expressions is to make or show they are 'equal'.