equate

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

equate AW [equate equates equated equating] BrE [iˈkweɪt] NAmE [iˈkweɪt] verb ~ sth (with sth)
to think that sth is the same as sth else or is as important
•Some parents equate education with exam success.
•I don't see how you can equate the two things.
Derived: ↑equate to something
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Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘make equal, balance’): from Latin aequat- ‘made level or equal’, from the verb aequare, from aequus ‘even, level, equal’. Current senses date from the mid 19th cent.

Example Bank:
•Invention and progress do not necessarily equate with improvement.
•It's hard to equate this gentle woman with the monster portrayed in the newspapers.
•Money cannot be equated with happiness.
•The constellations in the night sky cannot be directly equated with the heroes of Greek mythology.
•We are taught to equate beauty with success.
•crudely equating happiness with a high income

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  equal, match, equalize, equalise, correspond, compare, liken