equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ verb C2- To make equivalent to; to equal.
He/she/it equivalents · Past equivalented · Past participle equivalented · -ing form equivalenting
Verb forms
- Base form
- equivalent
- He/she/it
- equivalents
- Past
- equivalented
- Past participle
- equivalented
- -ing form
- equivalenting
From the library
But Andrea, turning towards them, winked his eyes, rolled his tongue around his cheeks, and smacked his lips in a manner equivalent to a hundred words among the bandits when forced to be silent.
“Is he then advancing on Paris?” The minister of police maintained a silence which was equivalent to a complete avowal.
“You must decide for yourself,” said Elizabeth; “and if, upon mature deliberation, you find that the misery of disobliging his two sisters is more than equivalent to the happiness of being his wife, I advise you, by all means, to refuse him.”
Translate them word for word and you sound absurd; stop to hunt for an equivalent and you fall hopelessly behind.
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