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Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : ee-kwuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈi kwəl



Definition of equals

Origin :
  • 1580s, "compare, liken," also "match, rival," from equal (adj.). Related: Equaled; equaling.
  • noun peer
  • verb make even, be even with
Example sentences :
  • Think of a son of Daniel J. Bines treatin' folks like that as if they was his equals.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Thus all men remain as they were in the state of nature, equals.
  • Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part IV] » by Benedict of Spinoza
  • She saw girls treated as equals and friends by the men students.
  • Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit
  • Where is she to look for friends, for companions, for equals?
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • It was: "I as man, and you, as woman, are equals; will you give me time to reach you?"
  • Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
  • He says that the square root of 3,630, multiplied by 2, equals the length plus the breadth.
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • It is my favorite of all the Boleti, indeed I think it equals the best of mushrooms.
  • Extract from : « The Mushroom, Edible and Otherwise » by M. E. Hard
  • Are they equals in the same sense in which absolute equality is equal?
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • Then these (so-called) equals are not the same with the idea of equality?
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato
  • And has not this been our own case in the matter of equals and of absolute equality?
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

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