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equivalent

143 3.5
Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, or effect to something else
  • adjective
  • /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
translation icon : equivalente
  • A dollar is equivalent to about 0.85 euros at the current exchange rate.
  • functionally equivalent
  • roughly equivalent
  • equivalent to one

If you add and subtract, you still produce equivalent equations, right?

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Examples

  • That's equivalent to the garbage produced by a city of 400,000 people.

  • In other words, male and female function are equivalent paths to fitness.

  • It's not equivalent to just a solid object.

  • half an hour is equivalent to something like one year of our lives.

  • - A moon unit of time... roughly equivalent to your Earth year.

  • The way that it's usually written, it's equivalent to this equation.

  • Even an entire human life is not equivalent to a miracle.

  • One minimum wage unit at that time was equivalent to US$50 per month.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There's nothing equivalent to that in any of the other world's traditional martial arts.

  • The fourth-generation G4 system was generally equivalent in performance to the fastest IBM bipolar systems.

    Academic text (1999)

Synonyms

equal
vsequivalent
767 1.0

Having the same amount, value, or quality as another

is broader, applying also to function, meaning, or effect
synonymous
vsequivalent
46 4.9

Having the same or almost the same meaning as another word

is not limited to words, covering value, function, or effect as well
tantamount
vsequivalent
  • Formal
26 7.6

Almost the same in seriousness or result as another action

is broader, applying to value, amount, function, or meaning too

Compounds

cash equivalent
  • Specialized
1 3.9

An investment that can quickly be turned into cash within three months

equivalent weight
  • Specialized
1 8.1

Amount of a substance that reacts with a fixed amount of another substance

A word with the same or very similar meaning as another word

6.7

A type of investment you can change into common shares, like convertible bonds or warrants

Average number of binary digits needed to show one digit in another number system

When two elements each combine with the same third element, they combine with each other in the same amounts

gram equivalent
  • Specialized
7.4

Amount of a substance in grams that reacts with 8 grams of oxygen or 1.008 grams of hydrogen

A person you live with and have a long committed relationship like a husband or wife

A person who lives with someone as a couple without being married

How Equal

identical
237 2.9
equivalent
143 3.5
similar
1.0
comparable
131 3.6
different
1.0

Surface Forms

equivalent positive

Etymology

Equivalent comes from the Latin parts aequi- 'equal' and valent- 'worth'. Think 'equal value' — so if two things are equivalent they have the same value, meaning, or effect.