equivalent

/ɪˈkwɪv.əl.ənt/

Definition

C1 something that has the same amount, value, purpose, qualities, etc. as something else: There is no English equivalent for 'bon appetit' so we have adopted the French expression. Ten thousand people a year die of the disease - that's the equivalent of the population of this town.Similar and the sameDescribing people with the same qualities equivalence

/-əns/ noun [U] (also equivalency, /-əns.i/ ) formal › There's a general equivalence between the two concepts.Similar and the sameDescribing people with the same qualities

(Definition of equivalent noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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