EQUATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does equate mean? 

• EQUATE (verb)
  The verb EQUATE has 3 senses:

1. consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

2. be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

3. make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

  Familiarity information: EQUATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EQUATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they equate    ... he / she / it equates   
Past simple: equated   
Past participle: equated   
-ing form: equating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

compare; equate; liken

Context example:

You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed

Hypernyms (to "equate" is one way to...):

consider; study (give careful consideration to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

equal (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

equating; equation (the act of regarding as equal)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

correspond; equate

Hypernyms (to "equate" is one way to...):

be; equal (be identical or equivalent to)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s something

Derivation:

equation (a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal)

equation (a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

equal; equalise; equalize; equate; match

Context example:

The company matched the discount policy of its competitors

Hypernyms (to "equate" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

equal; match; rival; touch (be equal to in quality or ability)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "equate"):

homologise; homologize (make homologous)

homogenise; homogenize (cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing)

draw; tie (finish a game with an equal number of points, goals, etc.)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

equal (a person who is of equal standing with another in a group)

equation (a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced)

equator (a circle dividing a sphere or other surface into two usually equal and symmetrical parts)

 Context examples 

In the second experiment, they conducted greenhouse trials to determine if higher levels of STBA actually equated to plant uptake of nitrogen from soil.

(New Test Can Determine Nitrogen Levels in Soil, U.S. Department of Agriculture)

This equates to around six pints of beer or six glasses of wine a week.

(Drinking more than five pints a week could shorten your life, University of Cambridge)

The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used materials with a complex crystalline structure and found that lithium ions move through them at rates that far exceed those of typical electrode materials, which equates to a much faster-charging battery.

(New class of materials could be used to make batteries that charge faster, University of Cambridge)