equate



equate someone or something with someone or something

to compare people and things, in any combination. I tend to equate Tom with trouble. I equate the Johnsons with a long boring evening.
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equate

someone to someone else and equate something to something else to claim that someone is in some manner the same as someone else; to claim that something is in some manner the same as something else. I would equate Tom to Wallywhen it comes to native ability. You cannot equate my car to that jalopy you drive!

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
JÓZefina-Polish
'Asenat-Biblical Hebrew
Rotem-Hebrew
Dunyasha-Russian
Sa'adat-Arabic
Itzel-Native American, Mayan