1. consider (one thing) to be the same as or equivalent to another: "customers equate their name with quality"Similarregard as the same asregard as identical toidentifyliken tocomparebracketclassassociateconnectpairlinkrelateallythink of togetherset side by side
▪ (of one thing) be the same as or equivalent to (another): "that sum equates to half a million pounds today"Similarcorrespondbe equivalentamountequalbe the same as
▪ cause (two or more things) to be the same in quantity or value:"the level of prices will move to equate supply and demand"Similarequalizebalanceeven out/up/offlevel up/offsquaretallymatchmake equalmake evenmake levelmake equivalentmake identicalmake the samemake uniform
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘make equal, balance’): from Latin aequat- ‘made level or equal’, from the verb aequare, from aequus (see equal). Current senses date from the mid 19th century.
