equate
verb (used with object)
to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent.
equates
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present tense formof equate (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The number of incidents recorded at the forecourts in the sample equates to 2,872 daily incidents on average at forecourts across the UK in the months after war began, up from around 2,400.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
This equates to about 150 months, or 12-and-a-half years, to break even — or about 82-and-a-half years of age.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 29, 2026
Micron had an 85% gross margin in the third quarter, and expects it to rise to 86% in the current quarter—that equates to a 600% markup on Micron’s cost of goods.
From Barron's ● Jun. 26, 2026
The city produces approximately 350,000 tons of organic material a year, Blumenfield told the crowd, which he said equates to roughly 1.2 to 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 24, 2026
Michael Frayn, in an afterword to his play Copenhagen, notes that several words in German–Unsicherheit, Unschärfe, Unbestimmtheit–have been used by various translators, but that none quite equates to the English uncertainty.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
