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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Equate \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Equating.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level
     or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
     To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an
     allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common
     standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as,
     to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or
     curves; equated distances.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both
           to F[rench] rolle.                       --Skeat
                                                    (Etymol. Dict.
                                                    ).
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the
        measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
        
  
     Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360
        degrees of curvature.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Equate \E*quate"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Equated; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Equating.] [L. aequatus, p. p. of aequare to make level
     or equal, fr. aequus level, equal. See Equal.]
     To make equal; to reduce to an average; to make such an
     allowance or correction in as will reduce to a common
     standard of comparison; to reduce to mean time or motion; as,
     to equate payments; to equate lines of railroad for grades or
     curves; equated distances.
  
           Palgrave gives both scrolle and scrowe and equates both
           to F[rench] rolle.                       --Skeat
                                                    (Etymol. Dict.
                                                    ).
  
     Equating for grades (Railroad Engin.), adding to the
        measured distance one mile for each twenty feet of ascent.
        
  
     Equating for curves, adding half a mile for each 360
        degrees of curvature.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  equate
       v 1: consider or describe as similar, equal, or analogous; "We
            can compare the Han dynasty to the Romans"; "You cannot
            equate success in financial matters with greed" [syn: compare,
             liken]
       2: be equivalent or parallel, in mathematics [syn: correspond]
       3: make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's
          equalize the duties among all employees in this office";
          "The company matched the discount policy of its
          competitors" [syn: equal, match, equalize, equalise]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  equate
     n.
     (lb en programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a
  symbol having a particular value.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
     2 (lb en transitive mathematics) To set as equal.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  equate
     n.
     (lb en programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a
  symbol having a particular value.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
     2 (lb en transitive mathematics) To set as equal.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  equate
     n.
     (lb en programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a
  symbol having a particular value.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
     2 (lb en transitive mathematics) To set as equal.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  equate
     n.
     (lb en programming) A statement in assembly language that defines a
  symbol having a particular value.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To consider equal or equivalent.
     2 (lb en transitive mathematics) To set as equal.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  equate
     Englanti vb.
     samastaa

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  equate
     Engelska vb.
     göra lika

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/
  ساو

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/ 
  srovnat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/ 
  srovnávat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/ 
  hafalu 

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/ 
  1. बराबर मानना
        "One cannot equate beauty with brains."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/
  ravnati

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  equate /ɪˈkweɪt/ 
    zrównywać (with - z)  (to - z)

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  equate /ɪkwˈeɪt/
  1. eşitlemek, müsavi kılmak, eşit olarak göstermek, eşit saymak, denklemek.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ɪˈkweɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  57 Moby Thesaurus words for "equate":
     accommodate, adjust, align, ally, apply, assimilate, associate,
     balance, bind, bracket, cancel, collimate, collineate, compare,
     compensate, connect, consider, coordinate, correlate, correspond,
     counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, couple, draw a parallel,
     equalize, equidistance, even, even up, fit, follow, hold, identify,
     integrate, interrelate, level, liken, line up, link, match,
     paragon, parallel, parallelize, place parallel to, poise,
     proportion, realign, regard, relate, relativize, represent,
     similize, square, strike a balance, tie, treat, wed
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 使相等,视为平等;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 使相等,视为平等
     vi. 等同

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