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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That equates to only 4% of the 78 teams to have collected seven points after three games and still go down.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
This equates to less empty space and more targeted supplies.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
That equates to an estimate of nearly $20 million of new expenses for county taxpayers annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
That equates to more than $17,000 a year for daycare or more than $45,000 a year for a nanny.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 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
