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🔄 To see as same ➗ To make equal
to equate

to equate

95 4.4
Think one thing is the same as another
  • verb
  • /ɪˈkwɛɪt/
translation icon : equiparar
  • He says the honour I get on these missions doesn't equate to an entire career.
  • attempt to equate
  • equate critical thinking
  • equate experiences

Most people think going without food is bad, and they equate it with starvation.

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Examples

  • It's very difficult for me to equate what you told me with what I've seen.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Do you think views and social media likes equate with happiness?

    Film Courage

  • OK, all right, now what do you do to equate like terms?

  • Not going so far as to equate crime and art...

    Bad Girls (2021)

  • Are you trying to equate your music program with the football team?

    Here Comes the Boom (2012)

  • The data show that union numbers do not equate with union strength or influence.

    Academic text (1999)

  • Most people think going without food is bad, and they equate it with starvation.

    Andrew Huberman

  • We sometimes act as if an experience equates to learning, but it does not.

    Academic text (1991)

  • This country has long equated democracy with capitalism, capitalism with God.

    The Magnificent Seven (2016)

  • Many people equate success with wealth and fame.

Synonyms

to liken
vsto equate
35 5.1

Say that one thing is similar to another

considers two things exactly the same rather than merely similar

Antonyms

to differ
152 2.6

To be different from another person or thing in some way

to discriminate
31 4.2

To notice small differences between things

How Similar

to conflate
  • Formal
33 7.5
to equate
95 4.4
to compare
932 1.4
to note
951 1.6

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 as equal' is directly derived from the base.

Etymology

Equate comes from the Latin root aequ- and the word aequus meaning 'equal', which you can spot in equal and equation. So, to equate one thing with another is to treat them as the same or 'equal'.