equivalent
pronunciation
How to pronounce equivalent in British English:
UK [ɪˈkwɪvələnt]
How to pronounce equivalent in American English:
US [ɪˈkwɪvələnt]
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- Noun:
- a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
- the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen
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- Adjective:
- equal in amount or value
- being essentially equal to something
Word Origin
- equivalent (adj.)
- early 15c., from Middle French equivalent and directly from Late Latin aequivalentem (nominative aequivalens) "equivalent," present participle of aequivalere "be equivalent," from Latin aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + valere "be well, be worth" (see valiant). As a noun from c. 1500, "that which is equal or corresponds to." Related: Equivalently.
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Example
- 1. That doesn 't mean the two systems are equivalent .
- 2. That is the equivalent of around half the current-account deficit .
- 3. Arrangements of enemies and power-ups are equivalent to logical statements .
- 4. Recent research suggests that the human equivalent of grooming has evolved into gossip .
- 5. Of course , there is also the browser-based equivalent of vpython glowscript .