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Meaning equal meaning

What does equal mean?
Definitions in simple English

equal Adjective

— The same in shape, size, or number. The number of people inside of the store is equal to the number of people outside of the store.

equal Noun

— Someone who has the same rights as somebody else. I'm your teacher, not your equal.

equal Verb

— If mathx/math equals mathy/math, mathx/math and mathy/math have the same value. Two plus two equals four.

equal

— adjective having the same quantity, value, or measure as another on equal terms all men are equal before the law — verb (= be) be identical or equivalent to One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days! — verb (= touch, rival, match) be equal to in quality or ability Nothing can rival cotton for durability Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents — noun a person who is of equal standing with another in a group — verb (= match, equalize, equalise) make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office The company matched the discount policy of its competitors — adjective (= adequate) having the requisite qualities or resources to meet a task she had adequate training her training was adequate she was adequate to the job he was equal to the task

Synonyms equal synonyms

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equal English » English

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Topics equal topics

What do people use equal to talk about?
States Quality Type, kind Compare

Same
Social behavior Law Justice

Impartial

Conjugation equal conjugation

How do you conjugate equal?

equal · verb

Examples equal examples

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Simple sentences

In a democracy, all citizens have equal rights.
The sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse.
All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
One plus two is equal to three.
The result of dividing the circumference of a circle by its diameter is equal to pi.
He is equal to the task.
Cut the melon into six equal pieces.
The two mountains are of equal height.
Divide this line into twenty equal parts.
He wanted to be on equal footing with his mother.
He has no equal in the field of electronics.
A mile is equal to about 1600 meters.
A dollar is equal to a hundred cents.
Twice two is equal to four.
I am not equal to the task.
The birth rate and death rate were nearly equal.
In the sight of God, all men are equal.
All men are equal.
Nobody is equal to this young woman in the field of music.
Not all men are created equal.
Everybody is equal before the law.
All men have equal rights.
All men are equal before God.
You are equal to him in intelligence.
You are my equal; not my inferior or superior.
A yard is equal to three feet.
Ten dimes are equal to one dollar.
In marriage there should be equal give and take.

Movie subtitles

But, you know, a reverend plus a bicycle at night-time has to equal dodgy.
And as far as I'm concerned, finding a missing person is of equal importance to solving a murder.
Standing up to me, like an equal.
And equal to a full dozen.
May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, sire!
I was equal to any emergency. - I know. I know.
Up to date, our police officers have not been equal to the job.
What Dodge City needs is a man with a sense of public pride. and the courage to back it up by shooting it out with men of equal skill.
If you feel equal to it, will you come back?
Senator Smith is still a member and as such has an equal claim on the attention of this chair.
Your being my servant. wouldn't you like to stand on an equal footing with me?
The sum of the square roots of two sides of an isosceles triangle is equal to the square root of the remaining side.
It makes you my equal.
Well, almost my equal.
All men will be equal, regardless of race or religion.
The only way to ensure peace in Algeria is to make it an independent colony where all Algerians would be equal citizens.
All equal before death.
Algeria will be an Arab Kingdom with equal citizens.
Degrassi also has a policy on equal rights.
Beautiful as the daylight, but not of equal rank with me.
He didn't consider you his equal.
I'll make you more than his equal.
But I'm sure you're equal to it.
Aye. And equal to a full dozen.
We're on equal terms, Michael.
Our peace officers have not been equal to the job.
When I was Destry's deputy, I was good with guns. I was equal to any emergency.
All people are equal in the face of love.
For we is all equal in the sight of God.
Your training has been equal to and better than anything that the enemy can provide.
We'll split at equal shares.
My duty to you both, on equal love, great Kings of France and England!
On that note, it takes equal talent to perform farces and operetta as acting great tragedies.

News and current affairs

But, at the same time, a wave of idealism swept across the wreckage, a collective sense of determination to build a more equal, peaceful, and safer world.
Furthermore, when it comes to tariffs and standards, WTO rules are not created equal.
Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share.
The fairness of giving every person on earth an equal share of the atmosphere's capacity to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions is difficult to deny.
Moderation, tolerance, and a capacity for reform in equal measure are the watchwords of today's German conservatism.
To be sure, it maintained a navy equal in size to the next two fleets combined, and its empire, on which the sun never set, ruled over a quarter of humankind.
The annual capital inflow is equal each year to the US current-account deficit - the sum of the trade deficit plus the net interest and dividends that America's government and businesses owe to the rest of the world.
That's the equivalent of adding productive power equal to a quarter of the economy of India - and adding it every year.
In commemorating the 230th anniversary of America's independence last July, President George W. Bush noted that the patriots of the Revolutionary War believed that all men are created equal, and with inalienable rights.
But other things were not equal.
From an economic point of view, the Lisbon Strategy's aim is to transform Europe into a power able to compete on equal terms with the US today and the great Asian countries.
Half a trillion dollars was committed to the war in Iraq, an amount roughly equal to the sponsorship of all basic research for the last thousand years.
Today, that endowment is roughly equal to that of Harvard University and spread over 15 universities.
Growth and jobs need to be promoted with equal zeal.
Second, it should emphasize policies beyond aid and trade that have an equal, if not greater, impact on poor countries' development prospects.
The number of literary translations done nowadays in the United States is, according to a United Nations report, equal to that of Greece, a country one-tenth the size.
Project Syndicate needs your help to provide readers everywhere equal access to the ideas and debates shaping their lives.
When the West African Monetary Zone finally is established, the number of currencies in Africa will equal about half the number of countries.
Hindu religious law, for example, allows a woman to claim an equal share in her parents' wealth, but few exercise this right.
Culturally, she feels that she does not have an equal claim on her father's property.
In this sense, monarchy is a little like Islam, or the Catholic Church: all believers are supposed to be equal in the eyes of God, or the Pope, or the Emperor - hence the appeal to the poor and the marginalized.
The Marshall Plan was accompanied by partnerships for reconstruction in which the US and European recipient countries were on an equal footing.
All things being equal, we probably are.
Allocate to each country a greenhouse gas emissions quota equal to the country's population, multiplied by the per person share. Finally, allow countries that need a higher quota to buy it from those that emit less than their quota.
The fairness of giving every person on earth an equal share of the atmosphere's capacity to absorb our greenhouse gas emissions is difficult to deny. Why should anyone have a greater entitlement than others to use the earth's atmosphere?
To that end, all members must stand on an equal footing.
France's decision to return to full and equal Alliance membership was a good one, and France must now work from within to advance the principles in which it believes.
Other things being equal, deregulation allowed small investors to trade stocks more cheaply, which made them better off.

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