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Equal   /ˈikwəl/   Listen
adjective
Equal  adj.  
1.
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc.; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.
2.
Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task. "The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English." "It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit." "Whose voice an equal messenger Conveyed thy meaning mild."
3.
Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. "An equal temper."
4.
Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just. "Are not my ways equal?" "Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem." "Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise."
5.
Of the same interest or concern; indifferent. "They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me."
6.
(Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; opposed to mixed. (R.)
7.
(Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.
Synonyms: Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable.


noun
Equal  n.  
1.
One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal." "Those who were once his equals envy and defame him."
2.
State of being equal; equality. (Obs.)


verb
Equal  v. t.  (past & past part. equaled or equalled; pres. part. equaling or equalling)  
1.
To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with. "On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety."
2.
To make equal return to; to recompense fully. "Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love."
3.
To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality. "He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible."





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... Harvey found himself equal to the occasion, and was glad of it; he needed occupation of some kind to keep his thoughts from an unpleasant subject. After another talk with Morphew, in which they stuck to business, he ...
— The Whirlpool • George Gissing
... to set Radbourn upon his hobbyhorse. He outlined his plan of action: the abolition of all indirect taxes, the State control of all privileges the private ownership of which interfered with the equal rights of all. He would utterly destroy speculative holdings of the earth. He would have land everywhere brought to its best use, by appropriating all ground rents to the use of the state, etc., etc., to which the girl listened with eager interest, ...
— Other Main-Travelled Roads • Hamlin Garland
... the foot of his little iron bedstead, and began to wonder how much a year the warder made out of the dirty room. Having satisfied himself, by mathematical calculation, that the apartment was about equal in annual value to the freehold of a small street in the suburbs of London, he took to wondering what possible temptation could have induced a dingy-looking fly that was crawling over his pantaloons, to come into a close prison, when ...
— The Pickwick Papers • Charles Dickens
... thai day were distracted by internal schisms. Else, and with any benefit from national unity, the headlong rapture of Jewish zeal, when combined in vindication of their insulted temple and temple-worship, would have been equal to the effort of dislodging the Roman legionary force for the moment from the military possession of Palestine. After which, although the restoration of the Roman supremacy could not ultimately have been evaded, it is not at all certain that a compromise might ...
— Theological Essays and Other Papers v1 • Thomas de Quincey
... the Belgian frontier, and that at that moment it was fighting on French soil. He told me this simply, with a touch of sadness in his voice, shaking his head gently. He added no comments of his own, and I did not feel equal to any reply. Full of foreboding, I returned to my train and Wattrelot. He had heard what the engine-driver had told me, and he said not a word, but looked out into the distance at the fiery sky. We sat down side by side ...
— In the Field (1914-1915) - The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry • Marcel Dupont


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