equal
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
equal/ˈiːkwəl/
▶adjective
- 1 being the same in quantity, size, degree, value, or status.
■ evenly or fairly balanced: an equal contest.
- 2 (equal to) having the ability or resources to meet (a challenge).
■ match or rival.
– origin ME: from L. aequalis, from aequus ‘even, level, equal’.
'equal' also found in these Oxford entries:
acre
- acre-foot
- adequate
- admittance
- afghani
- agora
- all
- alternate angles
- ampere
- angstrom
- anna
- apparel
- Archimedes' principle
- are
- astronomical unit
- at
- atmosphere
- atomic mass unit
- au pair
- avo
- Avogadro's constant
- Avogadro's law
- baht
- baiza
- balance
- balboa
- ban
- barrel
- barry
- baryon
- binding energy
- birr
- board foot
- bolivar
- boliviano
- Boltzmann's constant
- brake horsepower
- break
- break-even
- British thermal unit
- bushel
- butt
- butut
- calorie
- cancel
- casting vote
- catch
- cedi
- cent
- centas
