equalizeverb
UK usually equalise uk/ˈiː.kwə.laɪz/us/ˈiː.kwə.laɪz/[ T ] to make things or people equal:
They are putting pressure on the government to equalize state pension ages between men and women.
[ I ] UK to get the point in a game or competition that makes your score the same as that of the other team or player:
Spain managed to equalize in the last minute of the game.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Being or appearing similar or the same
- a passing resemblance idiom
- agree
- answer
- ballpark
- be in good company idiom
- be in the same ballpark idiom
- be nothing/not much/very little in it idiom
- be two of a kind idiom
- company
- correspond
- equalizer
- even
- even (sth) out
- flatline
- homologous
- homologous series
- in line with sth idiom
- line
- match up
- tally
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equalization
noun [ U ] UK usually equalisation uk/ˌiː.kwə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌiː.kwə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/