Equivalent Word ɪˈkwɪvələnt English Send Currency French Exact

• send €20 or the equivalent in your own currency.
• creutzfeldt-jakob disease, the human equivalent of bse
• is there a french word that is the exact equivalent of the english word ‘home’?
• breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of (= has the same effect as) smoking ten cigarettes a day.

equivalent

1. a thing, amount, word, etc. that is equivalent to something else
• Send €20 or the equivalent in your own currency.
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human equivalent of BSE
• Is there a French word that is the exact equivalent of the English word ‘home’?
• Breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of (= has the same effect as) smoking ten cigarettes a day.
• The German ‘Gymnasium’ is the closest equivalent to the grammar school in England.

Extra Examples

• He’s only paid the equivalent of $200.
• It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn.
• The campaign says that hunters are the moral equivalent of murderers.
• The company has $43.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.
• There is no exact male equivalent for witches.
• These drawings are the visual equivalents of stage whispers.
• This concert hall has been described as the American equivalent to London’s Albert Hall.
• This concert hall is the American equivalent to London’s Albert Hall.
• This qualification is the equivalent of a degree.
• a word which has no direct equivalent in English
• each sponsor received the equivalent of £1millon worth of advertising.
• the modern equivalent of the Roman baths
• the nearest equivalent we have to a carnival
• the online equivalent of the telephone
• Send $20 or the equivalent in your own currency.
• The ‘Gymnasium’ is the closest equivalent to the grammar school in England.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’, from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- ‘equally’ + valere ‘be worth’.