Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

equivalate

/ɪˈkwɪvəˌleɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: equiv-alate
IPA: /ɪˈkwɪvəˌleɪt/

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with).

Transitive verb

verb

To equal, to be equivalent (to).

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"Visceral values, which I equivalate with colour values, are closely related to thermal or temperature values."
""The Chinese are much addicted to the doctrine of signatures," writes one author, which creates relationships on visual physical grounds (such as equivalating the seed-laden pomegranate with fertility)."
"I want, however, to stress one further fact: because syncategoremata may be construed with whole sentences, the suspicion arises that they may somehow equivalate whole sentences."
"In a riveting analysis of this very phenomenon, The Dance of Anger, Harriet Lerner discusses at length the notion that human relationships equivalate to a "dance" where each partner learns the steps and sticks to the script, […]"

Etymology

Back-formation from equivalent. See -ate.

Usage

Inflected Forms

equivalates (present, singular) equivalating (participle, present) equivalated (participle, past) equivalated (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce equivalate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪˈkwɪvəˌleɪt/.
What does equivalate mean?: To equate, to consider or make equal or equivalent (to, with).
Where does equivalate come from?: Back-formation from equivalent. See -ate.

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