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Equal   /ˈikwəl/   Listen
adjective
Equal  adj.  
1.
Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc.; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.
2.
Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task. "The Scots trusted not their own numbers as equal to fight with the English." "It is not permitted to me to make my commendations equal to your merit." "Whose voice an equal messenger Conveyed thy meaning mild."
3.
Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement. "An equal temper."
4.
Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just. "Are not my ways equal?" "Thee, O Jove, no equal judge I deem." "Nor think it equal to answer deliberate reason with sudden heat and noise."
5.
Of the same interest or concern; indifferent. "They who are not disposed to receive them may let them alone or reject them; it is equal to me."
6.
(Mus.) Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; opposed to mixed. (R.)
7.
(Math.) Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.
Equal temperament. (Mus.) See Temperament.
Synonyms: Even; equable; uniform; adequate; proportionate; commensurate; fair; just; equitable.


noun
Equal  n.  
1.
One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal." "Those who were once his equals envy and defame him."
2.
State of being equal; equality. (Obs.)


verb
Equal  v. t.  (past & past part. equaled or equalled; pres. part. equaling or equalling)  
1.
To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with. "On me whose all not equals Edward's moiety."
2.
To make equal return to; to recompense fully. "Who answered all her cares, and equaled all her love."
3.
To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality. "He would not equal the mind that he found in himself to the infinite and incomprehensible."





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"Equal" Quotes from Famous Books



... be obstinate, Philip," urged Harry, impatiently. "I only ask you to do your share of turning. We have equal rights here, even if you were three times the gentleman you pretend ...
— The Tin Box - and What it Contained • Horatio Alger
... him doubly distasteful to his opponents. Paine, who thought all revolutions alike, and all good, could not understand why Burke, who had upheld the Americans, should exert his whole strength against the French, unless he were "a traitor to human nature." Burke did Paine equal injustice. He thought him unworthy of any refutation but the pillory. In public, he never mentioned his name. But his opinion, and, perhaps, a little soreness of feeling, may be seen in this extract from a letter ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Vol. IV, No. 26, December, 1859 • Various
... opinions of all the rest; so, on the other, the world has no title to demand that the whole care and time of any particular person should be sacrificed to its entertainment. Therefore I cannot but believe that writers and readers are under equal obligations for as much fame, or pleasure, ...
— The Poetical Works Of Alexander Pope, Vol. 1 • Alexander Pope et al
... the privileges of adopting heirs. The precaution shows how keenly this able ruler peered into the future. Doubtless, he surmised that in the future the population of France would cease to expand at the normal rate, owing to the working of the law compelling the equal division of property among all the children of a family. To this law he was certainly opposed. Equality in regard to the bequest of property was one of the sacred maxims of revolutionary jurists, who had limited the right of free disposal ...
— The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) • John Holland Rose
... still counts. It is a valid asset—a tangible security for one's money—from a business point of view. And Americans or foreigners like myself and my niece, for instance, are securing substantial property and equal return, when we bring large fortunes in our marriage settlements to this country. What satisfaction comparable to the glory of her English position as Marchioness of Darrowood could Miss Clara D. Woggenheimer have got out ...
— The Reason Why • Elinor Glyn


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