Equivalent - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ɪˈkwɪvələnt|  American pronunciation of the word equivalent
Brit.  |ɪˈkwɪv(ə)l(ə)nt|  British pronunciation of the word equivalent

noun

- a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc
send two dollars or the equivalent in stamps
- the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

adjective

- being essentially equal to something (syn: tantamount)
a wish that was equivalent to a command

Extra examples

Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices.

I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university.

I had no dollars, but offered him an equivalent amount of sterling.

The word has no equivalent in English.

He had drunk the equivalent of 15 whiskies.

Some concepts in Chinese medicine have no exact equivalent in Western medicine.

One disk can store the equivalent of 500 pages of text.

Word forms

noun
singular: equivalent
plural: equivalents
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