equivalentadjective
uk/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/us/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/C1 having the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc.:
She's doing the equivalent job in the new company but for more money.
Is $50 equivalent to about £30?
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- An imperial gallon is equivalent to 4546 cubic centimetres.
- This bag holds an equivalent amount, although the shape makes it look smaller.
- It's important to stress that this qualification is not equivalent to a degree.
- Surely men and women doing equivalent jobs should be paid the same amount?
- I think that covering up the facts is equivalent to lying really.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- difference
- equal
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- identikit
- inch
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
- sameness
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equivalentnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/us/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/C1 something that has the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as something else:
There is no English equivalent for "bon appetit" so we have adopted the French expression.
Ten thousand people a year die of the disease - that's the equivalent of the population of this town.
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- I couldn't get any cream cheese so I bought the nearest equivalent that I could find.
- The medical fluid may have been infected with the human equivalent of the disease.
- This is the electoral equivalent of bribery.
- He runs the equivalent of three marathons a week.
- Their production of oil and gas was the equivalent of 909,000 barrels a day last year.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Similar and the same
- a level playing field idiom
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- approach
- clock
- difference
- equal
- firm
- homogeneous
- homogenous
- identical
- identikit
- inch
- Rome
- same
- same difference idiom
- same old same old idiom
- sameness
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equivalence
noun [ U ] uk/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.əns/us/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.əns/also equivalency, uk/-əns.i/usformal
There's a general equivalence between the two concepts.