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- pronunciation:
- ih
kweIt
[or]
i
kweIt
- features:
- Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
equates, equating, equated |
| definition: |
to make or consider to be equal or equivalent.
Classroom learning is essential, but it cannot be equated with experience on the job.Her parents equate money with success.- similar words:
- identify, level
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| related words: |
ally, mate |
| derivations: |
equatable (adj.), equatability (n.) |
The word equate
contains the following parts:
equ, equi
Latin
root
that means equal
  Example words:
adequate, equal, equality, equation, equator, equilateral, equilibrium, equinox, equivalent, inadequate, inequality, unequal
-ate1
Latin
verb-forming suffix
that means to make, cause, do
More about this word part:
The suffix -ate
primarily forms transitive verbs from Latin bases. Many -ate
verbs were loanwords from Latin. Verbs ending in -ate
combine with the suffix -ion to form nouns ending in -ation. These verbs also have corresponding agent nouns ending in -ator (navigator, dictator, elevator).
Example words:
abbreviate, abdicate, accelerate, accommodate, accumulate, activate, adequate, administrator, advocate, affiliate, aggravate, agitate, alternate, animate, annihilate, assimilate, associate, circulate, collaborate, commemorate, complicate, concentrate, congregate, consecrate, cooperate, coordinate, dedicate, dehydrate, deliberate, dictate, disintegrate, dislocate, domesticate, dominate, donate, duplicate, educate, elaborate, elevate, emigrate, enunciate, eradicate, evacuate, exasperate, generate, graduate, illuminate, illustrate, incorporate, interrogate, irrigate, liberate, locate, narrate, navigate, nominate, operate, originate, participate, populate, radiate, regulate, rotate, segregate, terminate
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