Equivalent
adjective
Equal in value, amount, function, or meaning.
A life sentence is equivalent to 25 years in prison.
noun
One thing that is the same as another thing in certain ways.
To him, lying and stealing are equivalent crimes.
Often appears as...
- equivalent value
- equivalent amount
adjective
Having the same or a similar effect or result.
These two sentences are equivalent in meaning.
Often appears as...
- equivalent effect
- equivalent result
noun
A person or thing that performs the same function as another.
A lieutenant in the navy is equivalent to a captain in the army.
Often appears as...
- equivalent rank
- equivalent position
noun
An amount or quantity of something that is equivalent to something else.
In terms of calories, 30 minutes of jogging is equivalent to one chocolate bar.
Often appears as...
- equivalent quantity
- equivalent in terms of
adjective
Equal in value, amount, function, or meaning.
A life sentence is equivalent to 25 years in prison.
noun
One thing that is the same as another thing in certain ways.
To him, lying and stealing are equivalent crimes.
Often appears as...
- equivalent value
- equivalent amount
adjective
Having the same or a similar effect or result.
These two sentences are equivalent in meaning.
Often appears as...
- equivalent effect
- equivalent result
noun
A person or thing that performs the same function as another.
A lieutenant in the navy is equivalent to a captain in the army.
Often appears as...
- equivalent rank
- equivalent position
noun
An amount or quantity of something that is equivalent to something else.
In terms of calories, 30 minutes of jogging is equivalent to one chocolate bar.
Often appears as...
- equivalent quantity
- equivalent in terms of
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Value Equivalence
Use 'equivalent' to compare things that can replace each other due to similar value.
An e-book might be considered equivalent to a printed copy in content.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Interchangeable
'Equivalent' suggests equality but doesn't mean the two can always be used interchangeably.
An assistant manager's duties are equivalent to those of a manager, but the titles aren't interchangeable.
Pro Tip 1/2Value Equivalence
Use 'equivalent' to compare things that can replace each other due to similar value.
An e-book might be considered equivalent to a printed copy in content.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Interchangeable
'Equivalent' suggests equality but doesn't mean the two can always be used interchangeably.
An assistant manager's duties are equivalent to those of a manager, but the titles aren't interchangeable.
Pro Tip 1/2Value Equivalence
Use 'equivalent' to compare things that can replace each other due to similar value.
An e-book might be considered equivalent to a printed copy in content.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Interchangeable
'Equivalent' suggests equality but doesn't mean the two can always be used interchangeably.
An assistant manager's duties are equivalent to those of a manager, but the titles aren't interchangeable.
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4 Adorable Animals That...
world there'll be mainly eating fruits and that lays of studies have shown that actually the fruit they eat in the world is the same sugar content of the vegetables that we have here so if we do give them fruit it's the equivalent to giving them like loads of sugar and sweets so what we've done is we just
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The surprising (and...
at levels that are equivalent to some other physical processes that are associated with winds and tides. But before I finish, I want to leave you all with a question because I think it's important to keep in mind that technologies today that we take for granted started somewhere.
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How interpreters juggle...
and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides. They can even leave a term in the original language, while they search for the most accurate equivalent.
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Protecting a Penguin...
so we estimated that during one lifetime they can swim the equivalent of going around the planet 12 times but this is very amazing because we are talking about a guy of this size you know and they swim all their lives and it's that's really amazing and shows the adaptations
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Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their exceptionally long legs to strike their prey delivering a fatal blow with a single kick their kicks are indeed that powerful they are the equivalent to five
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The science of...
they were doing something else they were sitting in close proximity and doing the human equivalent of grooming laughing and talking and strengthening their bond sure they watched or they play too many video games but they were about to leave
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
their trek is about the length of two football pitches laid end to end and they're not traveling empty-handed each ant carries a lava or a pupa hung below her body the equivalent of us running a marathon while carrying a sack of potatoes
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How We Can Keep Plastics...
enters the sea from land every year the equivalent of five plastic bags filled with trash for every foot of coastline in the world across our ocean plastic trash flows into circulation dispersed almost everywhere but concentrating in
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This Crab Can't Swim,...
medium-sized mammals their legs can span a metre and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents
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Why I'm done trying to...
So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly." So women, on behalf of men all over the world who feel similar to me,
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4 Adorable Animals That...
world there'll be mainly eating fruits and that lays of studies have shown that actually the fruit they eat in the world is the same sugar content of the vegetables that we have here so if we do give them fruit it's the equivalent to giving them like loads of sugar and sweets so what we've done is we just
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The surprising (and...
at levels that are equivalent to some other physical processes that are associated with winds and tides. But before I finish, I want to leave you all with a question because I think it's important to keep in mind that technologies today that we take for granted started somewhere.
Video examples
How interpreters juggle...
and handle a multitude of foreign accents. They may resort to acronyms to shorten long names, choose generic terms over specific, or refer to slides and other visual aides. They can even leave a term in the original language, while they search for the most accurate equivalent.
Video examples
Protecting a Penguin...
so we estimated that during one lifetime they can swim the equivalent of going around the planet 12 times but this is very amazing because we are talking about a guy of this size you know and they swim all their lives and it's that's really amazing and shows the adaptations
Video examples
Top 5 Animal Adaptations...
pairs will make for life and will be seen stalking together when raising chicks when hunting they use their exceptionally long legs to strike their prey delivering a fatal blow with a single kick their kicks are indeed that powerful they are the equivalent to five
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The science of...
they were doing something else they were sitting in close proximity and doing the human equivalent of grooming laughing and talking and strengthening their bond sure they watched or they play too many video games but they were about to leave
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5 Reasons Ants Are...
their trek is about the length of two football pitches laid end to end and they're not traveling empty-handed each ant carries a lava or a pupa hung below her body the equivalent of us running a marathon while carrying a sack of potatoes
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How We Can Keep Plastics...
enters the sea from land every year the equivalent of five plastic bags filled with trash for every foot of coastline in the world across our ocean plastic trash flows into circulation dispersed almost everywhere but concentrating in
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This Crab Can't Swim,...
medium-sized mammals their legs can span a metre and they're strong enough to lift the equivalent of ten house bricks being big has allowed them to cultivate some rare talents
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Why I'm done trying to...
So long as these two wings are not equivalent in strength, the bird will not fly." So women, on behalf of men all over the world who feel similar to me,
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Jenova Chen
Chinese Designer
Look at the genres women like: a romantic comedy game doesn't exist. Few examples of a documentary game exist. What is the equivalent of a real drama game? They don't exist. Emotion with that complexity for a more mature, older audience are necessary to make medium-like video games healthy so it can be highly respected like the film industry.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Usually, there is no equivalent of air traffic control at sea. Some busy areas operate 'traffic separation schemes,' but mostly, ships are treated like cars on roads where there are rules and codes of behavior, and successful, accident-free outcomes depend on everyone respecting them. As on roads, this doesn't always work.
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Frank Ocean
American Musician
I need to know how many records I've sold, how many album equivalents from streaming, which territories are playing my music more than others, because it helps me in conversations about where we're gonna be playing shows or where I might open a retail location, like a pop-up store or something.
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Joseph Hume
Scottish Scientist
I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens.
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Terry Teachout
American Critic
I believe deeply that jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say, not just to eggheads, or whatever the musical equivalent of an egghead is, but to ordinary people.
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Larry Elder
American Journalist
To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
We should have equivalent due-process protections for algorithmic decisions as for human decisions.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian Statesman
Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
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Laura Riding
American Poet
There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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Jenova Chen
Chinese Designer
Look at the genres women like: a romantic comedy game doesn't exist. Few examples of a documentary game exist. What is the equivalent of a real drama game? They don't exist. Emotion with that complexity for a more mature, older audience are necessary to make medium-like video games healthy so it can be highly respected like the film industry.
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Rose George
British Journalist
Usually, there is no equivalent of air traffic control at sea. Some busy areas operate 'traffic separation schemes,' but mostly, ships are treated like cars on roads where there are rules and codes of behavior, and successful, accident-free outcomes depend on everyone respecting them. As on roads, this doesn't always work.
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Frank Ocean
American Musician
I need to know how many records I've sold, how many album equivalents from streaming, which territories are playing my music more than others, because it helps me in conversations about where we're gonna be playing shows or where I might open a retail location, like a pop-up store or something.
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Joseph Hume
Scottish Scientist
I am willing to admit that if the agriculturists are oppressed by peculiar burdens, they ought to be relieved from them, or be allowed a fair and just protection equivalent to all such peculiar burdens.
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Terry Teachout
American Critic
I believe deeply that jazz is still a very vital music that has much to say, not just to eggheads, or whatever the musical equivalent of an egghead is, but to ordinary people.
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Larry Elder
American Journalist
To bring a child into the world that you cannot feed, clothe, house, and educate is the moral equivalent, in my opinion, of a drive-by shooting.
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
We should have equivalent due-process protections for algorithmic decisions as for human decisions.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Iranian Statesman
Crime against the individual is the equivalent of crime against humanity.
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Ayn Rand
Russian Writer
Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
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Laura Riding
American Poet
There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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