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Definition: EQUATED

Part of Speech Definition
Verb 1. Of Equate.[Websters]
2. To have paralleled, confronted, compared, assimilated or likened. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have levelled or smoothed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have collated or calibrated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have trimmed, equilibrated, poised or razed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have counterpoised or counterbalanced. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have absorbed or sucked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have measured or scaled.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense 1. Past tense conjugation of the verb equate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(equate)
1. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed".[Wordnet].
2. Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics.[Wordnet].
3. Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.[Wordnet].
4. To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: equating, equated, equates, equator, equators, equatingly and equatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Being abbreviated.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"Equated" is a common misspelling or typo for: equates.

Date "Equated" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Definition: EQUATED

Part of SpeechDefinition
Verb1. Of Equate.[Websters]
2. To have paralleled, confronted, compared, assimilated or likened. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. To have levelled or smoothed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
4. To have collated or calibrated. [Eve - graph theoretic]
5. To have trimmed, equilibrated, poised or razed. [Eve - graph theoretic]
6. To have counterpoised or counterbalanced. [Eve - graph theoretic]
7. To have absorbed or sucked. [Eve - graph theoretic]
8. To have measured or scaled.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Past Tense1. Past tense conjugation of the verb equate.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Verb Base
(equate)
1. Consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "You cannot equate success in financial matters with greed".[Wordnet].
2. Be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics.[Wordnet].
3. Make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching.[Wordnet].
4. To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as, to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or curves; equated distances.[Websters].
5. Base verb from the following inflections: equating, equated, equates, equator, equators, equatingly and equatedly.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Being abbreviated.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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"EQUATED" is a common misspelling or typo for: equates.

Date "EQUATED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Common Expressions: equate

ExpressionsDefinition
Equate (computer program)Equate is a desktop calculator computer program made with the Enlightenment foundation libraries. It was created to demonstrate the EWL component of the libraries, which provides widget support. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Extended Definition: Equate


Equate

Equate, an English word meaning to "be equal" or "make equal", may also refer to:

  • A brand name of Wal-Mart
  • A desktop calculator computer program made with the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries
  • A board game manufactured by Conceptual Math Media
  • Determining comparable scores on two forms of an examination via a statistical methodology (Test equating)

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Equate". Image Credit.



Topics by Level of Interest: equate

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Equate (game)3   Equate (game)3

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