equates

Verb

equate (third-person singular simple present equates, present participle equating, simple past and past participle equated)

1. (transitive) To consider equal or equivalent (to or with).
   • Coordinate term: correspond
2. (transitive) To set as equal.
   • Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the...1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67

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