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equate

  • /ɪˈkweɪt/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪt

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From Middle English equaten, from Latin aequātus, perfect passive participle of aequō, see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

verb equates · equating · equated · æquate

  1. transitive To consider equal or equivalent (to or with). Coordinate term: correspond
  2. transitive To set as equal. Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the averag

noun equates · æquate

  1. A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value. The first section of the program includes the system equates.

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