equivalent

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ direct, exact

▪ approximate, closest (esp. AmE), nearest (esp. BrE), rough

▪

the nearest equivalent we have to a carnival

▪ contemporary, modern, modern-day

▪

the modern equivalent of the Roman baths

▪ moral

▪

The campaign says that hunters are the moral equivalent of murderers.

▪ aural, visual

▪

These drawings are the visual equivalents of stage whispers.

▪ verbal

▪ architectural, cinematic, journalistic, literary, musical, sporting (esp. BrE), etc.

▪ digital, electronic, online

▪

the online equivalent of the telephone

▪ female, male

▪ American, British, etc.

▪ cash (business)

▪

The company has $43.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.

VERB + EQUIVALENT

▪ be, be considered, represent

▪ become

▪ have

▪

a word which has no direct equivalent in English

▪ produce, provide

▪ earn, receive

▪

each sponsor received the equivalent of £1millon worth of advertising.

▪ pay (sb)

▪

He's only paid the equivalent of $200.

PREPOSITION

▪ equivalent for

▪

There is no exact male equivalent for witches.

▪ equivalent in

▪

It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn.

▪ equivalent of

▪

This qualification is the equivalent of a degree.

▪ equivalent to

▪

This concert hall is the American equivalent to London's Albert Hall.

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adj.

VERBS

▪ be, seem

▪ become

ADVERB

▪ exactly, precisely

▪ almost, essentially, practically

▪ approximately, broadly, more or less, roughly

▪

the price we would pay elsewhere for a broadly equivalent house

▪ logically, mathematically

▪ morally

PREPOSITION

▪ in, to

▪

These first computers were equivalent in power to a modern calculator.

Equivalent is used with these nouns: ↑amount, ↑proportion, ↑size