EQUAL | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of equal in English equaladjective uk /ˈiː.kwəl/ us /ˈiː.kwəl/

equal adjective (SAME)

Add to word list Add to word list B1 the same in amount, number, or size: equal to One litre is equal to 1.76 imperial pints.equal in One box may look bigger than the other, but in fact they are roughly (= almost) equal in volume. exactly like each other

• the sameI have the same dress as her.
• identicalThe employees all wore identical blue shirts.
• indistinguishableThe counterfeit certificate was so good it was indistinguishable from the real thing.
• equalFour groups of ten is equal to two groups of twenty.

See more results » B1 the same in importance and deserving the same treatment: All people are equal, deserving the same rights as each other.equal pay/status They've got a long way to go before they achieve equal pay/status for men and women.

• Are the two bags equal in weight?
• He believes that all children are born with equal intelligence.
• We must make sure that everyone gets equal shares of the food.
• Applicants should have a degree or a qualification of equal status.
• One unit of alcohol is equal to half a pint of beer or a standard measure of spirits.

Similar and the same

• adjacent
• affinity
• akin
• alike
• allied
• ballpark
• be no better than (a) something idiom
• cognate
• congruent
• ditto
• equivalence
• equivalency
• equivalent
• equivalent of something
• equivalent to something
• mimetic
• next door
• non-distinctive
• not make any difference idiom
• of the kind idiom

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equal adjective (ABLE)

[ after verb ] formal skilled or brave enough for a difficult duty or piece of work: prove equal to It's a challenging job but I'm sure you'll prove equal to it.equal to the task Do you think he's equal to the task ahead of him? Skilled, talented and able

• able
• ably
• accomplished
• adept
• adeptly
• dexterous
• dexterously
• digital native
• expert
• expert advice
• pay grade
• pedicure
• pedigreed
• polished
• practised
• to the best of your ability phrase
• ultra-competent
• ultra-slick
• up to (doing) something idiom
• well qualified

See more results » equalnoun [ C ] uk /ˈiː.kwəl/ us /ˈiː.kwəl/ B2 someone or something that has the same importance as someone or something else and deserves the same treatment: The good thing about her as a boss is that she treats us all as equals. Throughout her marriage she never considered her husband as her intellectual equal.have no equal As an all-round athlete he has no equal (= no-one else is as good). Synonym match Compare peer noun

• She found that if women did serious and worthwhile scientific work, male scientists were willing to treat them as equals.
• As a friend and companion, no one could ever be her equal.

Organizations - position & status

• ambassador
• anti-elite
• anti-elitist
• apparatchik
• back seat
• brother
• fish
• high-ranking
• opposite number
• pretender
• rank
• seat
• semi-officially
• ship
• spokesperson
• spokeswoman
• subordinate
• super-elite
• superboard
• superiority

See more results » equalverb [ L only + noun, T ] uk /ˈiː.kwəl/ us /ˈiː.kwəl/ -ll- or US usually -l-

equal verb [L only + noun, T] (BE THE SAME)

to be the same in value or amount as something else: 16 ounces equals one pound. to achieve the same standard or level as someone else, or the same standard or level as you did before: We raised over $500 for charity last year and we're hoping to equal that this year. Being or appearing similar or the same

• align
• aligned
• ballpark
• be in good company idiom
• be in the same ballpark idiom
• be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
• correspond with something
• duplication
• entrain
• entrainment
• equalization
• equalize
• equalizer
• favour
• flatline
• match up phrasal verb
• matchy-matchy
• mirror
• non-contradictory
• overlap

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equal verb [L only + noun, T] (RESULT IN)

to result in something: He disputed the idea that more money equals better education. Causing things to happen

• activation
• actuation
• agent
• attribute
• attribute something to someone phrasal verb
• give rise to idiom
• hyperstimulate
• hyperstimulation
• implement
• implementation
• launch pad
• prompt
• proximately
• put someone to something idiom
• Pygmalion effect
• reactivate
• realization
• render
• spark
• spell

See more results » (Definition of equal from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

equal | American Dictionary

equaladjective us /ˈi·kwəl/

equal adjective (SAME IN AMOUNT)

Add to word list Add to word list mathematics   (symbol =) the same in amount, number, or size: One quart is equal to four cups. Divide the class into equal groups.

equal adjective (DESERVING THE SAME)

the same in importance and (of people) deserving the same treatment: equal rights We want a society that promotes equal opportunity for all of its citizens.

equally

adjective us /ˈi·kwə·li/ The money was shared equally among the three sisters. equalnoun [ C ] us /ˈi·kwəl/

equal noun [C] (PERSON/THING)

someone or something that is the same in amount, size, or importance as another person or thing: In this country, we’re all equals with the same rights. As an all-around athlete he has no equal (= no one else is as good). equalverb us /ˈi·kwəl/ (symbol =)

equal verb (BE SAME IN AMOUNT)

mathematics to be the same in amount, number, size, or importance as another: [ L ] 10 + 10 = 20 [ T ] We hope to equal the amount of money we raised last year. (Definition of equal from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

equal | Business English

equaladjective uk /ˈiːkwəl/ us Add to word list Add to word list the same in price, number, size, etc.: The values of cross-border and internal sales were about equal over the year.an equal amount/number/share Instead of an equal share, we got only one-fifth of the profits.equal to sth She received a bonus of $15,065, equal to 40% of her salary.equal in number/value/size Sakhalin is an island north of Japan, with oil and gas reserves equal in size to those remaining in the North Sea. treating everyone in the same way or allowing everyone to have the same opportunities: Relationships within an organization are never equal. Congress should focus its efforts on providing equal access to good quality education and job skills.on an equal basis/footing/on equal terms By law, job applications from disabled people should be treated on an equal basis to those from non-disabled candidates.  all things being equal if the situation remains the same as it is now, or continues as expected: All things being equal, the market should have recovered by the end of the year.  be equal to (doing) sth to have the ability, experience, or skill that is necessary to do something difficult: I'm not sure he's equal to the demands of such a high-pressure job. equalverb [ T ] uk /ˈiːkwəl/ us UK -ll- | US -l- to be the same in price, number, size, etc: Pre-tax profits are likely to equal last year's despite a £41 million share buy-back programme. Casinos currently pay tax equaling 20% of their gross revenue.equal the cost/number/amount of sth If every household used energy-saving bulbs, the reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions would equal the amount produced by almost 800,000 cars. if one thing equals another thing, it results in that thing: Experience has shown us that more accountability equals better performance. equalnoun [ C ] uk /ˈiːkwəl/ us someone or something who is as important, successful, etc. as someone or something else: be the equal of sb/be sb's equal The EU increasingly sees itself as the equal of the US. On a professional and personal level the two men were equals.treat/accept/see sb as an equal Even though I was only a trainee, I was treated as an equal by the other staff. (Definition of equal from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of equal

equal Qualitative results do not change much, even if we do not impose the equal output-sharing rule from the beginning. From the Cambridge English Corpus It was not an ordinary framework of international cooperation among equal participants, such as those dealing with collective security or global warming. From the Cambridge English Corpus It reinforces that crucial determinants are respect for multiple perspectives, equal distribution of power, clarity of practice model, and open communication styles and systems. From the Cambridge English Corpus We obtain at the 2000 epoch, a sum squared error equals to 0.001, which represents a good result. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, we scored all parties as having a left-right position equal to its mean value over the entire post-war period. From the Cambridge English Corpus Anxiety about the relativist abyss in which 'all pasts are equal' has thwarted efforts to evaluate alternatives to 'objective science'. From the Cambridge English Corpus An additive effect is when predation by two predators is equal to the sum of prey removed by each individual predator alone. From the Cambridge English Corpus And this is because the community manifests equal concern, and the rule is integral in defining rights and roles in the community. From the Cambridge English Corpus His decision to exclude secondary stresses (1999: 14), but to include two 'equal' stresses, is very problematic. From the Cambridge English Corpus The mysticism of religion that is already supposed to transcend logic and rules is a theoretical equal to regulated political incommensurability. From the Cambridge English Corpus Examples of such cases will be white surfaces and black surfaces, with all three reflection coefficients equal to 1 or to 0, respectively. From the Cambridge English Corpus But if coherence leads to not treating people as equals, as we argue, then local coherence loses its normative force. From the Cambridge English Corpus Governments that are responsive are generally more legitimate than those that do not, and should experience less instability, all other things being equal, of course. From the Cambridge English Corpus Other things held equal, the higher the net interest margin, the lower is the degree of competition. From the Cambridge English Corpus Medical residencies are not equal in terms of what they prepare their residents to do and how well each trains its physicians. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of equal These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of equal?

Translations of equal

in Chinese (Traditional) 相同的, （數量、大小）相同的，相等的, （地位、待遇）平等的，同等的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 相同的, （数量、大小）相同的，相等的, （地位、待遇）平等的，同等的… See more in Spanish igual, ser igual a, igual [masculine-feminine]… See more in Portuguese igual, ser igual a, igual [masculine-feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Russian in Telugu in Arabic in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian रक्कम, संख्या किंवा आकारात समान, महत्त्वात समान आणि समान वागणुकीस पात्र… See more （量、大きさなどが）同じ, 平等な, ～に等しくなる… See more eşit, denk, eşitlemek… See more égal/-ale, égaler, égal… See more igual, ésser igual a… See more gelijk, evenaren… See more அதே தொகை, எண் அல்லது அளவு, அதே முக்கியத்துவம் மற்றும் ஒரே மாதிரியான சிகிச்சைக்கு தகுதியானது… See more (मात्रा, संख्या, या आकार में) बराबर… See more સમાન, સમકક્ષ, સમાન રીતે… See more ens, lige, lige-… See more lika, samma, jämlik… See more sama, sama dengan… See more gleich, der/die Gleichgestellte, gleichkommen… See more lik, like bra, være lik… See more ایک ہی مقدار، تعداد یا سائز کا, مساوی, یکساں… See more рівний, однаковий, рівня… See more равный, равняться, быть равным… See more మొత్తంలో, సంఖ్య లో లేదా పరిమాణం లో ఒకే విధంగా/సమానంగా ఉండడం, సమాన… See more مُتَساوٍ, يُعادِل, يُساوي بَيْن… See more সমান, কেউ বা এমন কিছু যা অন্যের মতো একই গুরুত্ব রাখে এবং একই আচরণের যোগ্য… See more stejný, rovný (soupeř), rovnat se… See more sama, tandingan, menyamai… See more เท่ากัน, ความเท่าเทียมกัน, ทำให้เทียมกัน… See more bằng nhau, người hoặc vật ngang bằng nhau, sánh với… See more równy, jednakowy, równać się… See more 동등한, 같다, 동등한 사람… See more uguale, essere uguale a, pari… See more Need a translator?

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More meanings of equal

• equal protection
• equal pay
• equal sign
• equal marriage
• equal weight
• equal-weighted adjective, at equal weight
• equal opportunities

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• on equal terms phrase
• all things being equal idiom
• be on (an) equal, firm, etc. footing phrase

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• English   
  • Adjective 
    • equal (SAME)
    • equal (ABLE)
  Noun
  • Verb 
    • equal (BE THE SAME)
    • equal (RESULT IN)
• American   
  • Adjective 
    • equal (SAME IN AMOUNT)
    • equal (DESERVING THE SAME)
  • Adjective 
    • equally
  • Noun 
    • equal (PERSON/THING)
  • Verb 
    • equal (BE SAME IN AMOUNT)
• Business   
  • Adjective 
    • equal
    • all things being equal
    • be equal to (doing) sth
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