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e·quiv·a·len·cy
 equivalency
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- pronunciation:
- ih
kwI
v
ln
si
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
equivalencies |
| definition: |
equivalence.
- similar words:
- parity
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| related words: |
balance |
adjective + (n.)equivalency
actuarial, additional, alternative, computational, equivalent, ged, general, high, initial, level, linguistic, moral, numeric, spanish, veterinary
verb + (n.)equivalency
attain, attend, complete, earn, elicit, enroll, enter, establish, grade, insure, limit, obtain, pass, pursue, receive, refer, seek, study, test
noun + (n.)equivalency
adult,
agreement,
certificate,
change,
class,
college,
completion,
concept,
course,
degree,
diploma,
domain,
education,
emphasis,
exam,
gain,
general,
grade,
graduate,
high-school,
label,
literacy,
lunch,
method,
participant,
pattern,
preparation,
principle,
program,
rating,
scale,
school,
score,
test,
theory
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The word equivalency
contains the following part:
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
  More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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