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- pronunciation:
- ih
kweIt
[or]
i
kweIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Parts
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
equates, equating, equated |
| definition: |
to make or consider to be equal or equivalent.
Classroom learning is essential, but it cannot be equated with experience on the job.Her parents equate money with success.- similar words:
- identify, level
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| related words: |
ally, mate |
adverb + (v.)equate
automatically, erroneously, essentially, explicitly, implicitly, necessarily, roughly, thereby
(v.)equate
+ adverb
approximately
(v.)equate
+ noun
abortion,
achievement,
acquisition,
addiction,
atheism,
beauty,
citizenship,
conduct,
consciousness,
conservatism,
culture,
danger,
decline,
democracy,
disloyalty,
diversity,
effectiveness,
efficiency,
employment,
emptiness,
engagement,
essence,
evil,
excellence,
fantasy,
fertility,
fitness,
freedom,
genius,
genocide,
giftedness,
happiness,
homosexuality,
ignorance,
independence,
integrity,
liberalism,
lyric,
maladjustment,
marriage,
membership,
mile,
morality,
nationalism,
orthodoxy,
ownership,
patriotism,
poverty,
progress,
punishment,
quality,
racism,
religion,
secularism,
slavery,
speech,
struggle,
success,
terrorism,
trustworthiness,
unity,
value,
virtue,
wealth,
whiteness,
worth
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| derivations: |
equatable (adj.), equatability (n.) |
The word equate
contains the following parts:
equ, equi
Latin
root
that means equal
  Example words:
adequate, equable, equal, equality, equanimity, equate, equation, equator, equiangular, equidistant, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equipoise, equitable, equity, equivalent, equivocal, equivocate, inadequate, inequality, inequity, iniquity, unequal, unequivocal
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, abnegate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, adjudicate, administrate, administrative, administrator, advocate, aerate, affiliate, agglomerate, agglutinate, aggravate, agitate, alienate, allocate, alternate, animate, annihilate, annotate, arrogate, aspirate, assimilate, associate, calibrate, capitulate, cerebrate, circulate, collaborate, collocate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, consummate, cooperate, coordinate, decapitate, decelerate, decerebrate, decimate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, derogate, desecrate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, dissimulate, dissociate, divagate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, elongate, elucidate, emasculate, emigrate, enervate, enunciate, equate, equivocate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, exfoliate, expurgate, fluctuate, formulate, generate, gradate, graduate, gyrate, illuminate, illustrate, implicate, incorporate, indoctrinate, innovate, interpellate, interrogate, irradiate, irrigate, legislate, liberate, locate, mediate, motivate, narrate, navigate, negate, nominate, obliterate, operate, orate, originate, ovulate, palpate, participate, placate, populate, prognosticate, proliferate, radiate, regulate, resonate, rotate, segregate, simulate, subjugate, terminate, vacate, validate, contraindicate
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