equivalent
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- noun
- /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
:
equivalente
- That's the equivalent of about 8 million barrels a day.
- an English equivalent
- a full-time equivalent
- diploma or equivalent
And this is like the stock market equivalent of like haters.
- And this is like the stock market equivalent of like haters.
- Joy is the felt equivalent of beauty.
- They create the equivalent of the British Navy.
- So I felt like there was a an equivalent to do with uncompleted tasks.
- Do you think the Star Trek equivalent would be more appealing to you?
- Are there any Blue Zone equivalents for sperm?
- And these are really like a drugstore equivalent to the OCC lip tars.
- And tell me that wasn't the equivalent of being in a massive prison brawl.
Examples
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The American Heart Association and its European equivalent have since adopted this system.
Academic text (2017) -
The cost of repairing the damage that you did... is roughly the equivalent of one student's tuition.
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So right now, this board is the equivalent of that board.
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We spoke with each other for the equivalent of five days.
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Joy is the felt equivalent of beauty.
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Estimated to contain the equivalent of $40 million.
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Did you know that eating six macadamia nuts is the equivalent of eating a steak?
Fiction book (1993) -
NDI, an organization affiliated with the Democratic Party, has a Republican equivalent, the International Republican Institute.
Academic text (2008) -
The GAO Cao exam system, the Chinese equivalent of the SAT test.
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The Abel Prize is seen by many as the equivalent of a Nobel Prize.
Synonyms
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A person or thing that is suitable for another, for example as a life partner
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A person in another place who has the same job or role
A person or thing that has the same role as another
Compounds
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An investment that can quickly be turned into cash within three months
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Amount of a substance that reacts with a fixed amount of another substance
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A type of investment you can change into common shares, like convertible bonds or warrants
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Average number of binary digits needed to show one digit in another number system
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When two elements each combine with the same third element, they combine with each other in the same amounts
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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
How Equal
Surface Forms
Morphology
equivalent = equivalent (transparent) = equi + valent
The noun is a standard conversion from the adjective 'equivalent', with the sense remaining directly recoverable.
Etymology
Equivalent as a noun comes from the Latin parts aequi- 'equal' and valent- 'worth'. It means 'a thing or person with the same value or function as another', so an equivalent is an equal match you can use in its place.