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parity

parity

26 6.5
Being equal in status, value, or function
  • noun
  • /ˈpærɪti/
translation icon : paridad
  • "There was little hope that some sort of parity between the United States and other powers could be reached.
  • achieve parity
  • reach parity
  • maintain parity

Does the Olympics think about parity in in training?

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Examples

  • Thus, the real estate operator is almost at parity with other businesspersons.

    Academic text (1993)
  • All countries must achieve gender parity in education.

  • Both began to reach economic parity with Great Britain in the 1880s.

    Academic text (2008)
  • There's gender parity in the biotech firms.

  • I recall that Frida's original idea was to form a union to agitate for parity in the art world.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Effective competition requires, inter alia, a reasonable degree of parity in the marketplace.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Speaker, it was a Labour amendment to the Health and Social Care Bill that resulted in parity of esteem being put on the face of the bill.

  • Many organizations are working towards gender parity to ensure equal opportunities for men and women in the workplace.

  • The company aims to achieve salary parity among its employees regardless of gender or background.

  • Efforts to create economic parity between rural and urban areas are essential for sustainable development.

Synonyms

balance
vsparity
698 2.5

A situation where different things are in the right amount and are stable

is concerned with being equal in status value or function rather than proportion
equality
vsparity
293 2.2

People have the same rights, position, and opportunities

includes non social areas like value and function not only rights
equation
vsparity
134 4.1

A situation where things are treated as equal in value or importance

is the overall state of things being equal in role or worth
par
vsparity
52 5.2

A state of being equal to something else in quality or value

implies full equality in status value or function rather than comparability
equivalence
vsparity
18 6.2

A situation where two things have the same value, meaning, or effect

is a general state of being equal in status value or function
equivalency
vsparity
  • Formal
5 6.7

Being equal in value, amount, or function

is the broad condition of equal status value or function
congruency
vsparity
1 6.3

Close agreement between ideas, actions, or values

is specifically about equal status value or function not general agreement
congruence
vsparity
  • Specialized
1 6.6

Agreement between ideas or an exact match in size and shape

is about equality in status value or function rather than shape or math
coequality
vsparity
8.7

A situation where people have the same status and importance

is a general condition of equal status value or function
equipollence
vsparity
  • Specialized
9.9

Two things that have the same power, value, or importance

is general equality in status value or function without technical force sense
egality
vsparity
  • Archaic
9.9

A situation in which people have the same rights and status

covers equality in value and function beyond social rights

Antonyms

183 4.2

A situation where some people have fewer rights or chances than others

75 6.7

A large unfair difference in people's chances or treatment

Compounds

parity check
  • Specialized
1 5.8

A way to find errors in digital data by checking whether the number of ones is even or odd

9.6

A rule in physics that switching left and right gives the same result

parity bit
  • Specialized
6.2

A small extra binary digit added so the total number of 1s is even or odd to find errors

How Equal

identity
  • Specialized
15 6.5
equivalence
18 6.2
parity
26 6.5
inequality
183 4.2
disparity
75 6.7

Surface Forms

parity singular
parities plural

Morphology

parity = par (transparent) = par + ity

The noun is a standard and directly interpretable formation from 'par' meaning 'equal' plus '-ity' meaning a state or condition.

Etymology

Parity comes from the Latin root par meaning 'equal', like English pair or the golf word par. So parity means being 'equal' in status, value, or function.