peernoun
She found that if women did serious and worthwhile scientific work, male scientists were willing to treat them as equals.
As a friend and companion, no one could ever be her equal.

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Organizations - position & status
ambassador
anti-elite
anti-elitist
apparatchik
back seat
counterpart
fish
grassroots
high-ranking
junior
opposite number
rank
reach
spokesperson
spokeswoman
super-elite
superboard
superiority
superordinate
thane
equal
verb[ L only+ noun, T ]
uk /ˈiː.kwəl/ us /ˈiː.kwəl/-ll- or US usually-l-

equalverb[L only + noun, T] (BE THE SAME)

to be the same in value or amount as something else: 同某物（质量或数量）相等
16 ounces equals one pound.16盎司等于1磅。
to achieve the same standard or level as someone else, or the same standard or level as you did before: 达到（他人或自己过去的）相同标准或水平
We raised over $500 for charity last year and we're hoping to equal that this year.去年我们筹得的善款超过500美元，今年我们希望可以跟去年做得一样好。

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Being or appearing similar or the same
align
aligned
ballpark
be in good companyidiom
be in the same ballparkidiom
be nothing/not much/very little in itidiom
correspond
duplication
entrain
entrainment
equalization
equalize
equalizer
even (something) out
favour
matchy-matchy
mirror
non-contradictory
overlap
overlapping

equalverb[L only + noun, T] (RESULT IN)

to result in something: 造成，导致，引起
He disputed the idea that more money equals better education.他质疑更多的投资会带来更好的教育这一观点。

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Causing things to happen
activation
actuation
agent
attribute
attribute something to someone
breed
give rise toidiom
hyperstimulate
hyperstimulation
implement
implementation
prompt
proximately
put someone to somethingidiom
Pygmalion effect
reactivate
realization
render
spark
spell

equal | American Dictionary

equal
adjective
us/ˈi·kwəl/

equaladjective (SAME IN AMOUNT)

mathematics (symbol=)
the same in amount, number, or size:
One quart is equal to four cups.
Divide the class into equal groups.

equaladjective (DESERVING THE SAME)

the same in importance and (of people) deserving the same treatment:
equal rights
We want a society that promotes equal opportunity for all of its citizens.

equally

adjectiveus/ˈi·kwə·li/
The money was shared equally among the three sisters.
equal
noun[ C ]
us/ˈi·kwəl/

equalnoun[C] (PERSON/THING)

someone or something that is the same in amount, size, or importance as another person or thing:
In this country, we’re all equals with the same rights.
As an all-around athlete he has no equal (= no one else is as good).
equal
verb
us/ˈi·kwəl/(symbol=)

equalverb (BE SAME IN AMOUNT)

mathematics
to be the same in amount, number, size, or importance as another:
[ L ]10 + 10 = 20
[ T ]We hope to equal the amount of money we raised last year.

equal | Business English

equal
adjective
uk /ˈiːkwəl/us
the same in price, number, size, etc.:
The values of cross-border and internal sales were about equal over the year.
an equal amount/number/shareInstead of an equal share, we got only one-fifth of the profits.
equal to sthShe received a bonus of $15,065, equal to 40% of her salary.
equal in number/value/sizeSakhalin is an island north of Japan, with oil and gas reserves equal in size to those remaining in the North Sea.
treating everyone in the same way or allowing everyone to have the same opportunities:
Relationships within an organization are never equal.
Congress should focus its efforts on providing equal access to good quality education and job skills.
on an equal basis/footing/on equal termsBy law, job applications from disabled people should be treated on an equal basis to those from non-disabled candidates.
 all things being equal
if the situation remains the same as it is now, or continues as expected:
All things being equal, the market should have recovered by the end of the year.
 be equal to (doing) sth
to have the ability, experience, or skill that is necessary to do something difficult:
I'm not sure he's equal to the demands of such a high-pressure job.
equal
verb[ T ]
uk /ˈiːkwəl/usUK-ll- | US-l-
to be the same in price, number, size, etc:
Pre-tax profits are likely to equal last year's despite a £41 million share buy-back programme.
Casinos currently pay tax equaling 20% of their gross revenue.
equal the cost/number/amount of sthIf every household used energy-saving bulbs, the reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions would equal the amount produced by almost 800,000 cars.
if one thing equals another thing, it results in that thing:
Experience has shown us that more accountability equals better performance.
equal
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈiːkwəl/us
someone or something who is as important, successful, etc. as someone or something else:
be the equal of sb/be sb's equalThe EU increasingly sees itself as the equal of the US.
On a professional and personal level the two men were equals.
treat/accept/see sb as an equalEven though I was only a trainee, I was treated as an equal by the other staff.

Examples of equal

equal
Qualitative results do not change much, even if we do not impose the equal output-sharing rule from the beginning.
It was not an ordinary framework of international cooperation among equal participants, such as those dealing with collective security or global warming.
It reinforces that crucial determinants are respect for multiple perspectives, equal distribution of power, clarity of practice model, and open communication styles and systems.
We obtain at the 2000 epoch, a sum squared error equals to 0.001, which represents a good result.
First, we scored all parties as having a left-right position equal to its mean value over the entire post-war period.
Anxiety about the relativist abyss in which 'all pasts are equal' has thwarted efforts to evaluate alternatives to 'objective science'.
An additive effect is when predation by two predators is equal to the sum of prey removed by each individual predator alone.
And this is because the community manifests equal concern, and the rule is integral in defining rights and roles in the community.
His decision to exclude secondary stresses (1999: 14), but to include two 'equal' stresses, is very problematic.
The mysticism of religion that is already supposed to transcend logic and rules is a theoretical equal to regulated political incommensurability.
Examples of such cases will be white surfaces and black surfaces, with all three reflection coefficients equal to 1 or to 0, respectively.
But if coherence leads to not treating people as equals, as we argue, then local coherence loses its normative force.
Governments that are responsive are generally more legitimate than those that do not, and should experience less instability, all other things being equal, of course.
Other things held equal, the higher the net interest margin, the lower is the degree of competition.
Medical residencies are not equal in terms of what they prepare their residents to do and how well each trains its physicians.
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