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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In 2025, that would equate to an income of more than $62,600 for a single person or $128,600 for a family of four, for example.
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
This equates to just over 17 percent of the population.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
All that equates to deteriorating affordability for local residents.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
To put this in perspective, the part of the Vistra battery facility that burned was hosting 300 megawatts of batteries, which equates to roughly 1,900 metric tons of cathode material.
—Ivano W. Aiello, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
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Greg Iacurci, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2025
This equates to just over 17 percent of the population.
—Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
All that equates to deteriorating affordability for local residents.
—Aldo Svaldi, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
To put this in perspective, the part of the Vistra battery facility that burned was hosting 300 megawatts of batteries, which equates to roughly 1,900 metric tons of cathode material.
—Ivano W. Aiello, The Conversation, 1 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for equate to
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“Equate to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/equate%20to. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
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