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      equal
      noun
      A person or thing of equal status to others.
      (obsolete) State of being equal; equality.
      verb
      (mathematics, copulative) To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
      (transitive) To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
      (transitive) To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
      (copulative, informal) To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.
      adjective
      The same in value (status, merit, etc): having or deserving the same rights or treatment.
      (not comparable) The same in one or more respects.
      The same in all respects that matter practically; interchangeable, fungible, or (even sometimes) identical for practical purposes.
      (mathematics, not comparable) Exactly identical, having the same value.
      (comparable) Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
      (music) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
      (obsolete) Fair, impartial.
      (obsolete) Not variable; equable; uniform; even.
      Roots
      aequusequ- · Latin · equal, level
      Synonyms for equal
      equalizevcoequaladjequipollentadjcommensurateadjproportionateadjcommensurableadjequivalentnproportionaladjcomparableadjmatchv
      Words related to equal
      nonequalequatevcommeasureisoclinalnequipollentlyadvisometricaladjequalnessncoequalitynegalsubequalequidifferentadjcoportionnhomologizevunequaladjisonomicadjcommeasurableadjequalityncommensuratelyadvnonequivalentadjequatabilitynequatableadjisohelnproportionmentnproportionatenessnisonomyadjegalitenegalitynisochasmicadjdimidiatevequivalentlyadv

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