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noun ADJ. direct, exact, nearest the nearest equivalent we have to a carnival | approximate | modern the modern equivalent of the village inn | American, British, etc. VERB + EQUIVALENT have a word which has no direct equivalent in English PREP. ~ for There is no exact male equivalent for witches. | ~ in It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn. | ~ of This qualification is the equivalent of a degree. | ~ to This concert hall has been described as the American equivalent to London's Albert Hall., adj. VERBS be, seem | become ADV. exactly, precisely | almost, closely, essentially, practically | approximately, broadly, more or less, roughly the price we would pay elsewhere for a broadly equivalent house PREP. in, to These first computers were equivalent in power to a modern calculator.
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equivalent
adjectives
a direct/exact equivalent
• The word has no direct equivalent in English.
the nearest/closest equivalent
• The corner store was the closest equivalent we had to a supermarket when I was young.
the modern/modern-day equivalent (of something)
• Horror films are the modern-day equivalent of morality tales.
an English/American/French etc equivalent
• Savings and loan associations are the American equivalent of Britain’s building societies.
verbs
have an equivalent
• This institution has no equivalent in any other European country.
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