verb
- past tense of equate; considered or treated as equal or equivalent
- past tense of equate; made mathematically equal by using an equation
Usage: mathematics
Examples
- She equated success with happiness.
- The teacher equated the two fractions to show they were equal.
- Many people have equated wealth with personal worth.
- The scientist equated the variables in her formula.
- He wrongly equated silence with agreement.
- The students equated both sides of the algebraic equation.