equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
(verb) 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”
compare, liken, equate
(verb) 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”
equate, correspond
(verb) be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics
Source: WordNet® 3.1
equate (third-person singular simple present equates, present participle equating, simple past and past participle equated)
(transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
(transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.
• (consider equal): differentiate
equate (plural equates)
(programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.
Source: Wiktionary
E*quate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb. n. Equating.] Etym: [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
Definition: 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. Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both to F[rench] rolle. Skeat (Etymol. Dict. ). Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
– Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360 degrees of curvature.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
25 March 2025
(noun) fixation (as by a plaster cast) of a body part in order to promote proper healing; “immobilization of the injured knee was necessary”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
