consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed"
To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances
If you equate one thing with another, or if you say that one thing equates with another, you believe that they are strongly connected. I'm always wary of men wearing suits, as I equate this with power and authority The author doesn't equate liberalism and conservatism The principle of hierarchy does not equate to totalitarian terror. + equation equa·tion the equation of gangsterism with business in Coppola's film. to consider that two things are similar or connected equate sth with sth (past participle of aequare , from aequus; EQUAL)
make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
equated
Hyphenation
e·qua·ted
Turkish pronunciation
îkweytîd
Pronunciation
/əˈkwātəd/ /ɪˈkweɪtɪd/
Etymology
[ i-'kwAt, 'E-" ] (verb.) 15th century. Middle English, from Latin aequatus, past participle of aequare.