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单词 equating
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•quate /ɪˈkweɪt/USA pronunciation   v., e•quat•ed, e•quat•ing. 
  1. to consider or treat as equivalent: [+ object + with + object]trying to equate experience with wisdom.[+ object + and + object]You can't equate profitability and investment.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
e•quate  (i kwāt),USA pronunciation v.t., e•quat•ed, e•quat•ing. 
  1. to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent:We cannot equate the possession of wealth with goodness.
  2. to state the equality of or between;
    put in the form of an equation:to equate growing prosperity with the physical health of a nation.
  3. to reduce to an average;
    make such correction or allowance in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison.
  • Latin aequātus (past participle of aequāre to make equal), equivalent. to aequ(us) equal + -ātus -ate1
  • late Middle English 1375–1425
e•quat′a•bili•ty, n. 
e•quata•ble, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
equate /ɪˈkweɪt/ vb (mainly tr)
  1. to make or regard as equivalent or similar, esp in order to compare or balance
  2. to indicate the equality of; form an equation from
  3. (intransitive) to be equal; correspond
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin aequāre to make equal

eˌquataˈbility n
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