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What's The Definition Of Equal?
[n] a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
[adj] well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law" [adj] equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number" [v] make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors" [v] be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [v] be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents" Synonyms | Synonyms for Equal: as good as(p) | as many(a) | balanced | be | close | coequal | compeer | coordinate | equalise | equalised | equalize | equalized | equate | equidistant | equilateral | equivalent | equivalent(p) | even | fifty-fifty | isometric | isometrical | isothermal | like | match | match | peer | quits | rival | tantamount(p) | tied(p) | tight | touch Related Terms | Find terms related to Equal: accord | accordant | agent | agree | aligned | alike | alter ego | alternate | alternative | amount to | analogous | analogy | approach | at par | au pair | automatic | backup | balance | balanced | be parallel | beat | break even | brother | capable of | challenge comparison | change | changeable | changeling | coequal | coextend | coextending | coextensive | coincident | coincidental | coinciding | collateral | colleague | come to | come up to | commensurable | commensurate | commutable | commutative | comparable | compare | comparison | compeer | competitor | concurrent | congruent | congruous | consistent | consonant | constant | continuous | convertible | coordinate | copy | correspond | correspond to | correspondent | corresponding | coterminous | counterfeit | counterpart | deputy | dispassionate | distributional | distributive | ditto | double | draw | drawn | dummy | duplicate | emulate | equable | equal to | equalize | equalized | equalizing | equidistant | equilateral | equipollent | equispaced | equitable | equivalent | ersatz | eurythmic | even | even off | even stephen | exchange | exchanged | fair | fake | fellow | fifty-fifty | fill-in | finished | flat | ghost | ghostwriter | give-and-take | go alongside | go beside | half | half-and-half | halvers | harmonious | homogeneous | identic | identical | imitation | immutable | impartial | indistinguishable | interchangeable | interchanged | invariable | just | keep pace with | knot | knotted | level | like | lined up | locum tenens | makeshift | match | match up with | matching | mate | measure up | measure up to | measured | mechanical | meet | metaphor | methodic | metonymy | monolithic | mutual | next best thing | nip and tuck | nonconvergent | nondivergent | objective | of a piece | on a footing | on a level | on a par | on even ground | opposite number | ordered | orderly | par | parallel | parallelepipedal | parallelinervate | paralleling | parallelodrome | parallelogrammatic | parallelogrammic | parallelotropic | partake of | particular | peer | per capita | per head | permutable | persistent | personnel | phony | pinch hitter | pro rata | proportional | proportionate | proportioned | prorated | proxy | quits | reach | reciprocal | reciprocating | reciprocative | regular | relief | replacement | representative | reserves | respective | retaliatory | returnable | ringer | rival | robotlike | run abreast | run parallel | run to | second string | secondary | selfsame | several | sign | similar | smooth | spares | square | square with | stable | stack up with | stalemated | standard | stand-in | steadfast | steady | sub | substituent | substitute | substitution | succedaneum | superseder | supplanter | surrogate | swapped | switched | symbol | symmetric | symmetrical | synecdoche | synonymous | systematic | tally | tally with | tantamount | third string | tie | tied | token | top | touch | traded | transposed | twin | unbiased | unbroken | unchangeable | unchanged | unchanging | uncolored | understudy | undeviating | undifferentiated | undiversified | uniform | unprejudiced | unruffled | unvaried | unvarying | up to | utility player | vicar | vice-president | vice-regent | vie | vie with | well-balanced | well-set | well-set-up | without distinction See Also | agree | alter | associate | backup | backup man | change | check | coeval | commensurate | comparable | compete | contemporary | contend | correspond | draw | equate | fill-in | fit | gibe | homogenise | homogenize | homologise | homologize | human | individual | jibe | match | mortal | peer group | person | relief | reliever | replacement | represent | same | somebody | someone | soul | stand for | stand-in | substitute | successor | tally | tie | townsman | translate | vie Equal In Webster's Dictionary \E"qual\, a. [L. aequalis, fr. aequus even, equal; akin to
Skr. ?ka, and perh. to L. unus for older oinos one, E. one.]
1. Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.;
having the same magnitude, the same value, the same
degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and
intensity, and to any subject which admits of them;
neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better
nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of
land, water, etc.; houses of equal size; persons of equal
stature or talents; commodities of equal value.
2. Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having
competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is
not equal to the task.
The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to
fight with the English. --Clarendon.
It is not permitted to me to make my commendations
equal to your merit. --Dryden.
Whose voice an equal messenger Conveyed thy meaning
mild. --Emerson.
3. Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal
movement. ``An equal temper.'' --Dryden.
4. Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side;
characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable;
just.
Are not my ways equal? --Ezek. xviii.
29.
Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem. --Spenser.
Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with
sudden heat and noise. --Milton.
5. Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.
They who are not disposed to receive them may let
them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.
--Cheyne.
6. (Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all
male or all female; -- opposed to mixed. [R.]
7. (Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
{Equal temperament}. (Mus.) See {Temperament}.
Syn: Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate;
commensurate; fair; just; equitable.
\E"qual\, n. 1. One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, ``If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal.'' Those who were once his equals envy and defame him. --Addison. 2. State of being equal; equality. [Obs.] --Spenser. \E"qual\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Equaled}or {Equalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Equaling} or {Equalling}.] 1. To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen?urate with. On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety. --Shak. 2. To make equal return to; to recompense fully. Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love. --Dryden. 3. To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality. He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible. --Berkeley. |
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