Definition of 'equivalent'
Word forms: plural equivalents
1. singular noun
2. countable noun [usually with poss]
3. singular noun
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equivalent in British English
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Derived forms
equivalently (eˈquivalently) adverb
Word origin
C15: from Late Latin aequivalēns, from aequivalēre to be equally significant, from Latin aequi- equi- + valēre to be worth
Word Frequency
equivalent in American English
adjective
1.
equal in quantity, value, force, meaning, etc.
noun
4.
an equivalent thing
SIMILAR WORDS: same
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Derived forms
equivalently (eˈquivalently)
adverb
Word Frequency
equivalent in American English
(ɪˈkwɪvələnt, or, for 5 ˌikwəˈveilənt)
adjective
1.
equal in value, measure, force, effect, significance, etc
His silence is equivalent to an admission of guilt
2.
corresponding in position, function, etc
In some ways their prime minister is equivalent to our president
noun
SYNONYMS 1. See equal.6.
something that is equivalent
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equivalently adverb
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equivalent
British English: equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/ NOUN
If one amount or value is the equivalentof another, they are the same.
The device can store the equivalent of sixty novels.
- American English: equivalent /ɪˈkwɪvələnt/
- Arabic: مُساوٍ
- Brazilian Portuguese: equivalente
- Chinese: 同等物
- Croatian: ekvivalent
- Czech: ekvivalent
- Danish: modstykke
- Dutch: equivalent
- European Spanish: equivalente
- Finnish: vastine
- French: équivalent
- German: Äquivalent
- Greek: ισοδύναμο
- Italian: equivalente
- Japanese: 同等のもの
- Korean: 동등한 것
- Norwegian: ekvivalent
- Polish: ekwiwalent
- European Portuguese: equivalente
- Romanian: echivalent
- Russian: эквивалент
- Latin American Spanish: equivalente
- Swedish: motsvarighet
- Thai: เท่ากับ
- Turkish: denk eşit
- Ukrainian: еквівалент
- Vietnamese: lượng tương đương
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