equate to
phrasal verb
equated to; equating to; equates to
: to be the same as or similar to (something) : to equal
Disagreement doesn't equate to disloyalty.
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The settlement, which equates to roughly $3,000 per book across 500,000 works, is being billed as the largest copyright recovery in history.
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
However, inexpensive does not always equate to good value.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Multiple reports on Monday noted that by the end of the first quarter of 2025, France’s public debt equated to 114% of its GDP.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That would leave just 66 games to divide among the remaining seven teams in your division, which equates to either nine or 10 games per opponent.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
However, inexpensive does not always equate to good value.
—Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Multiple reports on Monday noted that by the end of the first quarter of 2025, France’s public debt equated to 114% of its GDP.
—Caitlin McFall, FOXNews.com, 8 Sep. 2025
That would leave just 66 games to divide among the remaining seven teams in your division, which equates to either nine or 10 games per opponent.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025
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“Equate to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equate%20to. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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