equate

UK: /ɪˈkweɪt/ US: /ɪˈkweɪt/ ,(i kwāt′)

Inflections of 'equate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

equates

v 3rd person singular

equating

v pres p

equated

v past

equated

v past p

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•quate /ɪˈkweɪt/   v., e•quat•ed, e•quat•ing. 

1. to consider or treat as equivalent: [~ + object + with + object]
   trying to equate experience with wisdom.
   [~ + object + and + object]
   You can't equate profitability and investment.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

e•quate  (i kwāt′), v.t., e•quat•ed, e•quat•ing. 

1. to regard, treat, or represent as equivalent:
   We cannot equate the possession of wealth with goodness.
2. to state the equality of or between;
   put in the form of an equation:
   to equate growing prosperity with the physical health of a nation.
3. to reduce to an average;
   make such correction or allowance in as will reduce to a common standard of comparison.

• Latin aequātus (past participle of aequāre to make equal), equivalent. to aequ(us) equal + -ātus -ate¹
• late Middle English 1375–1425

e•quat′a•bil′i•ty, n. 
e•quat′a•ble, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

equate / ɪˈkweɪt/ verb (mainly tr)

1. to make or regard as equivalent or similar, esp in order to compare or balance
2. to indicate the equality of; form an equation from
3. (intransitive) to be equal; correspond

Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin aequāre to make equal

eˌquataˈbility noun