Equate Meaning
/ɪˈkweɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo consider equal or equivalent (to or with).
verbTo set as equal.
Sentence Examples
It is foolish to equate money with happiness.
You can't equate nationalism with fascism.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Many people mistakenly ____ wealth with happiness, but that's not always true.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is a mistake to ____ wealth with happiness, as they are very different things.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the average speed of all trains on the line concerned."
— 1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67:
"The first section of the program includes the system equates."
— 2005, Arnold S. Berger, Hardware and Computer Organization, page 220:
"The following equates define the stats byte […]"
— 2009, Saifullah Khalid, Neetu Agrawal, Microprocessor System, page 256:
"You can learn much about user routines, labels, displacements, equates (EQU) and so on, by modifying this program and observing the results on the screen."
— 2012, J. S. Anderson, Microprocessor Technology, page 221:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Many people mistakenly ____ wealth with happiness, but that's not always true.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
It is a mistake to ____ wealth with happiness, as they are very different things.