Pronunciation Adjective
equal
- (not comparable) The same in all respects.
- Equal conditions should produce equal results.
- All men are created equal.
- They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me.
- (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
- All right angles are equal.
- (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
- Bible, Book of Ezekiel xviii. 29
- Are not my ways equal?
- Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem.
- Bible, Book of Ezekiel xviii. 29
- (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it.
- 1881, Jane Austen, Emma (novel), [http://books.google.com/books?id=EBkGAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA311&dq=%22more+equal%22+date:0-1932 page 311]
- her comprehension was certainly more equal to the covert meaning, the superior intelligence, of those five letters so arranged.
- The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English.
- It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit.
- […] whose voice an equal messenger / Conveyed thy meaning mild.
- (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
- an equal movement
- an equal temper
- (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
- (the same in all respects) identical
- (the same in all relevant respects) equivalent
- (unvarying) even, fair, uniform, unvarying
- Italian: uguale
equal (equals, present participle equalling; past and past participle equalled)
- (mathematics) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- Two plus two equals four.
- (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter.
- (informal) To have as its consequence.
- Losing this deal equals losing your job.
- Might does not equal right.
- French: égaler à
- German: gleichen
- Italian: eguagliare
- Portuguese: ser igual a, igualar
- Russian: равня́ться
- Spanish: igualar, equivaler
- German: gleichen
- Portuguese: significar
equal (plural equals)
- A person or thing of equal status to others.
- We're all equals here.
- This beer has no equal.
- Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
- (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
- (person or thing of equal status to others) peer
- French: égal, égale
- German: Gleichgestellter, Gleichgestellte
- Italian: uguale
- Portuguese: igual, par
- Russian: ра́вный
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