Equal - English meaning

phrasal verb

Come to a specified number or amount.

Usage examples:

This adds up to a total of 400 calories

phrasal verb

To result in something

Usage examples:

The details don't add up to a complete picture of what caused the explosion., the numbers in each r…

phrasal verb

To make a particular amount

Usage examples:

The company's assets add up to $107bn., these changes could add up to a marked improvement for the …

adjective

(of two or more people or things) similar to each other.

Usage examples:

The brothers were very much alike

adverb

In the same or a similar way.

Usage examples:

They dressed alike in black trousers and jackets

adjective

Similar; like each other

Usage examples:

You and your father don’t look very much alike., she received hundreds of letters of support from f…

verb

Come to be (the total) when added together.

Usage examples:

Losses amounted to over 10 million pounds

noun

A quantity of something, especially the total of a thing or things in number, size, value, or extent.

Usage examples:

Sport gives an enormous amount of pleasure to many people

phrasal verb

To become a particular amount

Usage examples:

Their annual fuel bills amounted to over £6,000.

adjective

The same in amount, number, or size

Usage examples:

One quart is equal to four cups., divide the class into equal groups., equal rights, we want a soci…

adjective

The same in price, number, size, etc.

Usage examples:

The values of cross-border and internal sales were about equal over the year., an equal amount/numb…

adjective

Having the same rank or importance.

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Coequal partners

noun

A person or thing equal with another.

Usage examples:

One of them, ‘the book of ruth and naomi,’ suggests that we consider ruth and naomi coequals.

adjective

Equal in rank, ability, or power to another person or thing

phrasal verb

Cause to experience suddenly

verb

To move or travel toward the speaker or with the speaker

Usage examples:

Will you come here, please?, did you come here by car?, come on in! the water’s great., are you com…

adjective

Corresponding in size or degree; in proportion.

Usage examples:

Salary will be commensurate with age and experience

adjective

Suitable in amount or quality compared to something else; matching in degree

Usage examples:

The agency’s workload has increased without any commensurate increase in staff.

adjective

In a correct and suitable amount compared to something else

Usage examples:

Commensurate with i am looking for a salary that is commensurate with my skills and experience.

adjective

Able to be likened to another; similar.

Usage examples:

The situation in holland is comparable to that in england

adjective

Similar in size, amount, or quality to something else

Usage examples:

The girls are of comparable ages., our prices are comparable to/with those in other shops., the two…

noun

A person who writes letters on a regular basis.

Usage examples:

She wasn't much of a correspondent

adjective

Corresponding.

Usage examples:

However, correspondent payment can involve payment between two banks in the same jurisdiction, if p…

noun

A person employed by a newspaper, magazine, television station, etc., to report news on a particular subject or from a place that is far away

Usage examples:

He works as a correspondent in moscow., willa was not a good correspondent, and often didn’t write …

adjective

Analogous or equivalent in character, form, or function; comparable.

Usage examples:

The corresponding jamaican word is ‘bada’

verb

Have a close similarity; match or agree almost exactly.

Usage examples:

The carved heads described in the poem correspond to a drawing of edgcote house

adjective

Similar to, connected with, or caused by something else

Usage examples:

Company losses were 50 percent worse than in the corresponding period last year., as the course bec…

noun

A person or thing that corresponds to or has the same function as another person or thing in a different place or situation.

Usage examples:

The minister held talks with his french counterpart

noun

A person or thing that has the same position or purpose as another person or thing in a different place or organization

Usage examples:

The president will meet with his brazilian counterpart tomorrow.

noun

A person or thing that does the same job or has the same function as a person or thing in a different organization, etc.

Usage examples:

Why should women in top managerial positions earn less than their male counterparts?, for the first…

adjective

Equal in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Usage examples:

One unit is equivalent to one glass of wine

noun

A person or thing that is equal to or corresponds with another in value, amount, function, meaning, etc.

Usage examples:

The french equivalent of the bank of england

adjective

Equal to or having the same effect as something else

Usage examples:

A mile is equivalent to about 1.6 kilometers., a day on the planet mercury is the equivalent of 176…

noun

A man or boy.

Usage examples:

He was an extremely obliging fellow

adjective

Sharing a particular activity, quality, or condition with someone or something.

Usage examples:

They urged the troops not to fire on their fellow citizens

noun

A man

Usage examples:

He was a big fellow with broad shoulders., dr. rodriguez is a fellow of the american college of phy…

adjective

Similar in every detail; exactly alike.

Usage examples:

Four girls in identical green outfits

adjective

Exactly the same, or very similar

Usage examples:

The test is identical to the one you took last year., the two sisters dressed identically.

adjective

Not able to be identified as different or distinct.

Usage examples:

The counterfeit bills were virtually indistinguishable from the real thing

preposition

Having the same characteristics or qualities as; similar to.

Usage examples:

He used to have a car like mine

conjunction

In the same way that; as.

Usage examples:

People who change countries like they change clothes

noun

Used with reference to a person or thing of the same kind as another.

Usage examples:

The quotations could be arranged to put like with like

verb

Form (something) by putting parts together or combining substances; create.

Usage examples:

My grandmother made a dress for me

noun

The manufacturer or trade name of a product.

Usage examples:

The make, model, and year of his car

verb

Perform or carry out

noun

A contest in which people or teams compete against each other in a particular sport.

Usage examples:

A boxing match

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

A short, thin piece of wood or cardboard used to light a fire, being tipped with a composition that ignites when rubbed against a rough surface.

Usage examples:

He struck a match against the wall

adjective

Corresponding in pattern, colour, or design; complementary.

Usage examples:

A blue jacket and matching skirt

verb

Correspond or cause to correspond in some essential respect; make or be harmonious.

Usage examples:

I thought we'd have primrose walls to match the bath

noun

The act of giving or offering the same amount of money as has been given, collected, or offered by someone else

Usage examples:

Price matching is not our usual policy., the matching principle requires that expenses be matched w…

noun

The sexual partner of a bird or other animal.

Usage examples:

A male bird sings to court a mate

verb

(of animals or birds) come together for breeding; copulate.

Usage examples:

Successful males may mate with many females

verb

Short for checkmate (noun).

idiom

The same thing or person

Usage examples:

I was amazed to discover that mary's husband and jane's son are one and the same (person).

adjective

(of lines, planes, or surfaces) side by side and having the same distance continuously between them.

Usage examples:

Parallel lines never meet

noun

A person or thing that is similar or analogous to another.

Usage examples:

A challenge which has no parallel in peacetime this century

verb

Be side by side with (something extending in a line), always keeping the same distance; run or lie parallel to.

Usage examples:

A big concrete gutter that paralleled the road

verb

Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

Usage examples:

Faye peered at her with suspicion

noun

A member of the nobility in britain or ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

Usage examples:

Hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the house of lords

verb

Make or become equal with.

Usage examples:

The thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home

adjective

Another term for proportional.

adjective

→  proportional

adjective

Having a resemblance in appearance, character, or quantity, without being identical.

Usage examples:

A soft cheese similar to brie

noun

A person or thing similar to another.

Usage examples:

He was one of those whose similar you never meet

adjective

Looking or being almost the same, although not exactly

Usage examples:

They both went to ivy league schools and have similar backgrounds., he used similar tactics to win …

adjective

Exactly like another or each other

Usage examples:

My sister and i have the same color hair., our grades were exactly the same., they are all the same…

phrasal verb

To add up numbers or amounts of something, or to have a particular number or amount as a total when added up

Usage examples:

She quickly totted up our bill and added an amount for the waiter., that tots up to £20.

adjective

Comprising the whole number or amount.

Usage examples:

A total cost of £4,000

noun

The whole number or amount of something.

Usage examples:

He scored a total of thirty-three points

verb

Amount in number to.

Usage examples:

They were left with debts totalling £6,260

noun

One of two children or animals born at the same birth.

Usage examples:

Experiments were carried out using sets of identical twins

adjective

Forming, or being one of, a pair born at one birth.

Usage examples:

She gave birth to twin boys

verb

Link (a town or district) with another in a different country or cause (two towns or districts) to be linked, for the purposes of friendship and cultural exchange.

Usage examples:

The russian city of kostroma is twinned with durham

adjective

Remaining the same in all cases and at all times; unchanging in form or character.

Usage examples:

Blocks of stone of uniform size

noun

The distinctive clothing worn by members of the same organization or body or by children attending certain schools.

Usage examples:

Airline pilots in dark blue uniforms

verb

Make uniform.

phrase

Busy or occupied with

adverb

Toward a higher position, or toward a higher value, number, or level

Usage examples:

Pick up your clothes and put them away., we need to push sales figures up higher next quarter., the…

adverb

Towards a higher value, number, or level

Usage examples:

Share prices moved up slowly yesterday., pushing the number of unit sales up every quarter can't be…

phrase

Up to the required standard; satisfactory.

Usage examples:

Her german was not up to scratch

idiom

As good as the usual standard

Usage examples:

The last few episodes of the tv program haven’t been quite up to scratch.