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equal
A	noun
	1	peer, equal, match, compeer
			a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚living thing; animate thing ╚organism; being ╚person; individual; someone; somebody; mortal; human; soul ╚peer, equal, match, compeer ╚townsman ╚successor; replacement ╚stand-in; substitute; relief; reliever; backup; backup man; fill-in ╚contemporary; coeval ╚associate
B	verb
	1	equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
			make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching; "let's equalize the duties among all employees in this office"; "The company matched the discount policy of its competitors"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate ╚tie; draw ╚homogenize; homogenise ╚homologize; homologise
	2	equal, be
			be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!"

	3	equal, touch, rival, match
			be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival cotton for durability"; "Your performance doesn't even touch that of your colleagues"; "Her persistence and ambition only matches that of her parents"
		Category Tree: compete; vie; contend ╚equal, touch, rival, match
C	adjective
	1	equal
			well matched; having the same quantity, value, or measure as another; "on equal terms"; "all men are equal before the law"

	2	like, equal, equivalent, same
			equal in amount or value; "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "an equal number"; "the same number"

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