equal

Forms

1.The same in one or more respects.
- Equal conditions should produce equal results.
- All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than the others.
- We hold that all men are created equal and are thus equal under the law.
2.Adequate; sufficiently capable or qualified.
- This test is pretty tough, but I think I'm equal to it.
- The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English.
3.Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; not mixed.
- All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.

1.To make equivalent to; to cause to match.
- David equaled the water levels of the bottles, so they now both contain exactly 1 liter.
- There was an even more remarkable attendance figure that underscores the devotion exhibited by our fans, because it was in 1991 that they set a single season in-stadium attendance record that has never been equaled.
2.To match in degree or some other quality, to match up to.
3.To have as consequence, to amount to, to mean.(informal)
- Losing this deal equals losing your job.
- Might does not equal right.
4.To be equal to, to have the same value as; to correspond to.
- Two plus two equals four.

1.A person or thing of equal status to others.
- Those who were once his equals envy and defame him.
- The two who have no equals become friends without equal.
- They had hoped their son, a stockbroker, would marry a financial equal, but Suzette, a teacher, did not come from money.

Common· #1860

From Middle English equal, from Latin aequālis.

Doublet of aequalis and egal.