equate
verb (used with object)
to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent.
equated
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past participleof equate.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof equate.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
equateverb (used with object)to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent.
Example Sentences
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Testimony reopened scars of unnecessary episiotomies, which prosecution witness Mack equated to a perineal tear.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
The sweeping majority of American nonprofits operate with annual budgets under $1 million; the value they got from Microsoft’s free business software equated to about 30 percent of their IT spend, he told me.
From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026
City officials said the questioned expenses equated to 0.19% of the mayor’s office budget for the period.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
To him, actual combat should not be equated to a video home run derby full of, well, bombs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2026
I equated white men with power and authority and thought America must be full of white men.
From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
