equate
IPA: ɪkwˈeɪt
noun
- (programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a symbol having a particular value.
verb
- (transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).
- (transitive, mathematics) To set as equal.
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Examples of "equate" in Sentences
- How does this phone call equate to a dirty trick in any way?
- So let me be as clear as I can here: I'm not trying to "equate" being gay with polygamy in any way.
- It found that by 2020 the 20 per cent target would in real terms equate to only 17 per cent of the nation's energy coming from green sources.
- In the global, annual mean these terms equate to roughly 100 W/m2 of energy removal from the surface and put in the atmosphere Trenberth et al., 2009.
- Despite offering a 33% premium to Friday's closing price, Suncor's terms equate to less than nine times 2010 earnings for PetroCanada -- using stock valued at more than 12 times.
- At the same time, it is NOT to say that they are not capable of Socialism ... although the "S" word equate with Joe McCarthy reds-under-the-bed paranoia in many North American minds forgetful of the fact that their anglophonic soul mates across "The Pond" in Olde England have embraced the "S" word without throwing themselves in sheer desperation into the River Thames because of it.
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