equal

Plural: equals

Noun

• a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
• A person or thing of equal status to others.
• State of being equal; equality.

Verb

Verb Forms: equaled, equaling, equals, equalled, equalling

• To be the same in quantity, value, or status as another.
• be identical or equivalent to
  • "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"
• be equal to in quality or ability
• make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
  • "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"
• To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
• To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
• To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
• To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.

Adjective

• Having the same value, measure, quality, or status.
• having the same quantity, value, or measure as another
  • "on equal terms"
  • "all men are equal before the law"
• having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task
  • "he was equal to the task"

Adj

• The same in one or more respects.
• The same in one or more respects.
• The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
• The same in one or more respects.
• The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.
• The same in one or more respects.
• Exactly identical, having the same value.
• Fair, impartial.
• Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
• Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
• Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.

Examples

• All else being equal, we can expect this factor to have no discernible effect by itself.
• All right angles are equal.
• an equal movement
• David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter.
• Equal conditions should produce equal results.
• His audacious play of ’QUIZ’ would equal a game-winning score if it connected.
• Losing this deal equals losing your job.
• Might does not equal right.
• On the final turn, both players were almost equal in score, making every tile critical.
• This beer has no equal.
• This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it.
• Two plus two equals four.
• We hold that all men are created equal and are thus equal under the law.
• We're all equals here.

Synonyms

adequate, be, compeer, equalise, equalize, equate, match, peer, rival, touch, candid, changeless, clinical, cold, consistent, constant, coordinate, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, egal, entail, equable, equal, equitable, even, even-keeled, evenhanded, fair, fair-minded, fairhanded, identical, impartial, imply, imprejudicate, indifferent, indistinguishing, is, lead to, level, mean, monotonous, neuter, neutral, nonaligned, nonchanging, nonpartial, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, objective, on a par, regular, result in, samely, spell, stable, static, stationary, steady, unaltering, unbiased, unbigoted, unchanging, uncheckered, uniform, uninterested, unpartial, unpartisan, unprejudiced, unprepossessed, unvaried, unvarying

Antonyms

differ, inadequate, unequal

Related Words

balanced, equality

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