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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

equal

I.adjective

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an equal partnership

▪ They regard marriage as an equal partnership.

an equal probability

▪ Each new baby has an approximately equal probability of inheriting maleness or femaleness.

equal a record (also tie a record American English) (= do as well as the record)

▪ Woods equalled the course record and finished eleven under par.

▪ Davis tied a team record by hitting six field goals.

equal importance

▪ When applying for a job, qualifications and experience are often of equal importance.

equal parts

▪ I cut the orange into four equal parts.

equal pay (=the same pay for the same type of work)

▪ The women at the factory went on strike for equal pay.

equal rights

▪ Women demanded equal rights.

equal status

▪ Workers of equal status should be rewarded equally.

equals sign

equal/unequal length

▪ She drew two lines of equal length.

even/equalBritish English (= one in which everyone has the same chance of winning)

▪ One of the men was much older so it was hardly an even contest.

on an equal footing (with sb/sth)/on the same footing (as sb/sth) (=in the same state or condition as other people or things)

▪ The new law puts women on an equal legal footing with men.

▪ Many of the old polytechnics are now on the same footing as universities.

roughly equal/comparable/equivalent

▪ two rocks of roughly equal size

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

almost

▪ Theta Carinæ lies at an almost equal distance on the far side of Lambda Centauri.

▪ Pumping the gas in under pressure produced a beverage almost equal to that of the best mineral springs.

▪ For most who quit, the failure is a trauma almost equal to the pounding of the miles.

▪ But there is another model, of almost equal craziness, which does offer a mechanism to copy.

▪ In a way it mirrored the original kidnapping itself, and carried almost equal risks for everyone concerned.

▪ They were further reinforced by two sets of external pressures of almost equal strength.

▪ The total recovery of perfusion fluid was almost equal to that infused.

▪ Feeling her strength almost equal to Nana's, Martha thrashed her arm to break her grasp.

approximately

▪ The numbers of tenancies expiring each year are approximately equal.

▪ The classes contain approximately equal numbers of members.

▪ This group has approximately equal numbers and proportions of isolated and insitu incisors that are digested.

▪ These two strands have an approximately equal weight in terms of student workload and contribution to the overall assessment.

▪ These periods contained approximately equal numbers of cases.

roughly

▪ The relative status and esteem accorded to husband and wife will be roughly equal.

▪ The computed rates of injection of new NEAs for the two mechanisms are roughly equal.

▪ Under the agreement Mondadori was to be split into roughly equal halves, each worth around US$800 million.

▪ If all questions carry the same maximum marks, your answers should be given roughly equal time.

▪ Granulites are like their textural equivalents, granular igneous rocks, in being mosaics of interlocking crystals of roughly equal size.

▪ The books fell into two roughly equal groups: occult studies and lives of famous and infamous men and women through history.

▪ Gender Unlike many local councils, Basildon has a roughly equal proportion of men and women in its workforce.

■ NOUN

access

▪ We will encourage all TECs to adopt plans to help women trainees have equal access to training opportunities.

▪ Finally, two apartments had to be remodeled to comply with federal laws assuring equal access for handicapped persons.

▪ There it was said: All investors should have equal access to the rewards of participation in the securities transactions.

▪ There are instead just students, each and every one of them having equal access to the curriculum.

▪ Screening services are often fragmented, and the public may not have equal access to particular screening programmes.

▪ And, finally, and most important, making sure that women have equal access to opportunities.

▪ The local pressure group world does not provide equal access to all.

▪ The school is acknowledged as providing equal access and entitlement to a rich and varied curriculum.

amount

▪ The first half was pretty even with both teams having equal amounts of play.

▪ The Port is considering supplying an equal amount.

▪ Approximately equal amounts of each are powdered and mixed together thoroughly.

▪ Top each with an equal amount of the yogurt and nutmeg.

▪ An equal amount of injury might have happened at a football match but that was beside the point.

▪ Partners should contribute an equal amount of time to their business.

▪ In spite of its quantitative sound, political equality never means having an equal amount of any chosen characteristic.

▪ Rub spots with an equal amount of toothpaste and baking soda on a damp cotton cloth.

basis

▪ In that time the ulema of the three cities gave fetvas on an equal basis.

▪ The mix and match formula ensures that shareholders are treated on an equal basis.

▪ Political and community structures must be changed to allow older people to participate on an equal basis with other age social groups.

▪ Rewards are offered to all participants on an equal basis and these rewards are over and above the normal sales compensation.

chance

▪ However, we require that every secondary sampling unit has an equal chance of inclusion in the sample.

▪ A defined population has an equal chance of appearing in the sample.

▪ Doctors said the boys had an equal chance of survival.

▪ Households were selected by a method that gave all telephone numbers, listed and unlisted, an equal chance of being included.

▪ They stand an equal chance only if you get the price right.

▪ The number of strands in each rope would then be adjusted until there was an equal chance of failure.

▪ This year we have added a special category for best new garden under three years old to give everyone an equal chance.

▪ Every young person who has achieved the Compact goals will have an equal chance of securing a Compact job.

footing

▪ It was not until 1923 that the sexes, on this ground, were placed on an equal footing.

▪ Buthelezi had repeatedly insisted on a meeting with Mandela on an equal footing and in his capacity as head of Inkatha.

▪ Magistrates may have some difficulty in putting on an equal footing Social Services Departments, and the parents of children in care.

▪ This has enabled domestic markets to compete on a much more equal footing.

▪ If the supplier is on an equal footing with the buyer there will be no implied undertaking.

▪ Buthelezi for his part had frequently called for such a meeting, insisting on meeting Mandela on an equal footing.

▪ It would be nice to think they might meet on an equal footing.

importance

▪ Remember to pay ongoing attention to the intonation, and regard it as of equal importance to get right as the actual words.

▪ Of equal importance are the relative amounts of assimilation and accommodation that take place.

▪ Of equal importance are those social factors which come into play when the user or former user is back on the streets.

▪ He and Johnson, however, emphasized the equal importance of volunteers.

▪ Indeed, horticulture is of equal importance to the maintaining of the animal collection.

▪ Qualitative measurement of skill mix within departments is usually of equal importance.

▪ Of equal importance, the social side was satisfactory.

▪ Hence we concentrate on the user-catalogue interaction and on the interactive dialogue in particular with user and catalogue system inputs having equal importance.

length

▪ The radiating ribs of a fan are of equal length and the bounding line is in the form of a semicircle.

▪ Take a sharp knife and cut the roll into four equal lengths.

▪ The lines must be of equal length, and fully paid-out before launch.

▪ It must be greater than unity unless all the molecules are of equal length, as is easily seen.

▪ It is usual for them to come in two equal length pieces to fit a central ferrule.

measure

▪ Advertising proved a more fertile category, with decisions which set heads nodding and shaking in equal measure.

▪ The opponent during all of this was reduced to looking on with equal measures of admiration and amazement.

▪ Her doubts about its truth do not, in equal measure, dislodge her belief.

▪ I was angry and embarrassed in equal measure and hated them.

▪ Neil Young commands fear and respect in equal measure.

▪ Is it one of those reactions that occur spontaneously when journalists' ink is mixed with an equal measure of pure ignorance?

▪ Bishop had known what was happening: the Guild of Adjudicators was famed and feared in equal measure amongst the Earth colonies.

number

▪ For example, the customer might ask to be given equal numbers of 5p and 20p coins for use in a vending machine.

▪ One hundred fifty years after the event equal numbers of people might each choose one of the above descriptions.

▪ Each strategy was matched against each other strategy an equal number of times.

▪ Achieving road warrior status requires fifty airplane flights a year and an equal number of hotel nights.

▪ This group has approximately equal numbers and proportions of isolated and insitu incisors that are digested.

▪ A new civilian police force has been created, with equal numbers of ex-soldiers and ex-guerrillas in its ranks.

▪ There were literally thousands of competitors from all the London boroughs, along with an equal number of supporters and spectators.

▪ A large body, such as the earth or the sun, contains nearly equal numbers of positive and negative charges.

numbers

▪ For example, the customer might ask to be given equal numbers of 5p and 20p coins for use in a vending machine.

▪ One hundred fifty years after the event equal numbers of people might each choose one of the above descriptions.

▪ The classes contain approximately equal numbers of members.

▪ First, let us drop the assumption of equal numbers of firms.

▪ This group has approximately equal numbers and proportions of isolated and insitu incisors that are digested.

▪ Foster's office bookcase contains about equal numbers of books on chemistry and on accountancy.

▪ A new civilian police force has been created, with equal numbers of ex-soldiers and ex-guerrillas in its ranks.

▪ A large body, such as the earth or the sun, contains nearly equal numbers of positive and negative charges.

opportunity

▪ An equal opportunity policy, reducing a, would, for given earnings inequality, reduce the inequality of consumption.

▪ I do believe in equal opportunity.

▪ Our college, and authority, now has an equal opportunities policy document.

▪ At the council office where she worked, the office that dealt with equal opportunities and discrimination.

▪ So those who espouse equal opportunity need to elaborate its purpose.

▪ Every Whitehall Department now has a nominated Minister who is specifically responsible for promoting equal opportunities in public appointments.

▪ The process entails interviews with equal opportunities officers, and rigorous questioning of his own beliefs.

▪ How about an equal opportunities policy for the franchise?

partner

▪ Teacher and pupil, even primary school pupil, were equal partners in this joint exploration.

▪ I say that what I want is an equal partner.

▪ On the campaign trail, she made it clear she wanted to be an equal partner.

▪ The modern wife is considered more of an equal partner and helpmate than a chattel or a housekeeper.

▪ In some cases all the centres involved may be equal partners.

▪ In fact, psychology and biology have to be equal partners in our analysis of the brain.

▪ It promised to adopt more democratic structures and said it would be an equal partner with other political parties.

pay

▪ Religious grumbles continued, but the Government's only serious defeat was over equal pay for women teachers.

▪ Most of all, they need equal pay and comparable worth.

▪ Article 6 reinforces the legal rights on equal pay obtained by women in this country, in 1970.

▪ In 1958 the Civil Service led the way towards equality by granting equal pay.

▪ In spite of equal pay legislation women have continued to be paid less than men.

▪ They want equal pay to traditional universities.

▪ Your solicitor can also advise you on questions relating to equal pay.

▪ As wage earners themselves, they saw the morality of equal pay.

protection

▪ This connection between integrity and the rhetoric of equal protection is revealing.

▪ A local Republican party of official claimed the law violated equal protection and First Amendment principles.

▪ Everyone should have equal protection by the law and the ability to appeal against local authority.

▪ Again, equal protection and due process concerns are evident.

▪ Instead, it guaranteed equal protection to all-except where equality conflicted with state or canton laws.

▪ The Constitution, and the courts that have interpreted it, posit rights to liberty, privacy and equal protection.

▪ Segregation on the basis of race is a denial of equal protection in violation of the Constitution. 38a.

▪ Article 26 provides equal protection before the law and equal protection of the law without any discrimination.

representation

▪ They argue for a more equal representation of women and men among psychologists.

▪ The Democratic party's demands include equal representation on committees, but they have yet to win Republican agreement to this.

▪ Teaching material is scrutinised for equal representation of gender in illustrations and text.

▪ Riche told reporters that the samples will be taken in each county to ensure equal representation.

▪ We have a right to be represented in a women's magazine that's fighting for equal representation.

right

▪ Does the right hon. Gentleman agree that the people of Northern Ireland demand equal rights with those on the mainland?

▪ Both husband and wife had equal rights to divorce in Roman society.

▪ Be tolerant, they have an equal right to life.

▪ It is also passionately concerned with the cult of the Black Virgin and has a remarkable record of equal rights for women.

▪ Nations and ethnic groups, similarly, would have equal rights, at least within the Soviet federation.

▪ But their equal rights were not to justice.

▪ Guarantee equal rights for gay men and lesbians through changes to criminal law, anti-discrimination legislation and police practices.

▪ It would also give females equal rights of inheritance with males, replacing the frequent favoritism toward the eldest son.

size

▪ Many churches had four simple gables of equal size one on each face, surmounted by a central dome upon a drum.

▪ Some species create carbon dioxide at a faster rate than others of equal size.

▪ Slice the orange across to form round slices of equal size.

▪ Usually if two gray angels of nearly equal size are placed together a fight to the death ensues.

▪ For cell kinetics evaluation, each crypt was divided into five compartments of equal size.

▪ A child is presented with two containers of equal size and shape, as in Figure 4. 5.

▪ And Mr Wallis believes the town should be thinking in terms of an attraction of equal size and prestige as the Beamish Museum.

▪ Granulites are like their textural equivalents, granular igneous rocks, in being mosaics of interlocking crystals of roughly equal size.

status

▪ Relationships in which the two individuals concerned are of exactly equal status are very unusual.

▪ What then of researching known subjects of equal status within your peer group?

▪ Will equal status be given to road and rail investment?

▪ Correspondingly most of the persons in a close network of relationships are of unequal rather than equal status.

▪ We should see our respective institutions as having equal status, and our individual functions as equivalent regardless of grade. 7.

▪ They are considered beneath contempt in the system, but at Grendon everyone has equal status.

treatment

▪ It is particularly concerned to ensure fair and equal treatment for all shareholders.

▪ The difference among educational groups in expectations of equal treatment by the police is similarly high in both countries.

▪ They would still not have equal treatment with Falklands war widows, who receive about £124 a week.

▪ Not until she moved to San Diego in 1988 did she seek equal treatment for herself.

▪ So, the government was not inclined to insist on equal treatment.

▪ However, it was clear from the way she spread the toes of her other foot that it desired equal treatment.

▪ Examples: Do nonwhites and whites in the United States enjoy equal treatment before the law?

▪ In any event, the needs of humans warrant full and equal treatment to those of owls and snail darters.

value

▪ With respect to desire, they insist on the equal value of products of the hunt and products of the garden.

▪ None the less, it has its own special flavour which is of equal value.

▪ As recession forces companies to cut costs, fundraisers are emphasising the equal value to charities of sparing time and expertise.

▪ But they do not all offer equal value for money.

▪ They may turn out to be Of equal value to those who do.

weight

▪ The new title gave equal weight to both nationalities in the republic.

▪ Whereas in the Catholic Church the word and Churches Doctrine held equal weight.

▪ Will social factors be given equal weight with medical factors when determining such claims?

▪ Everyone's opinion has equal weight.

▪ It would ensure that the vote of every citizen had equal weight.

▪ These two strands have an approximately equal weight in terms of student workload and contribution to the overall assessment.

▪ If, for example, two perceptive functions are of equal weight, they tend to interfere with and jam each other.

▪ If you don't have fresh fruit to hand, just use an equal weight of canned or frozen fruit instead.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

all (other) things being equal

▪ Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.

▪ But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.

▪ But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.

▪ It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.

▪ Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.

▪ The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.

in equal measure

▪ Advertising proved a more fertile category, with decisions which set heads nodding and shaking in equal measure.

▪ Bishop had known what was happening: the Guild of Adjudicators was famed and feared in equal measure amongst the Earth colonies.

▪ Blanche was irritated and entertained by his nervous chatter in equal measure.

▪ By avoiding tax, you can enjoy power and luxury in equal measure.

▪ He was jeered and cheered in equal measure by a group of about 100 students at the entrance.

▪ Her doubts about its truth do not, in equal measure, dislodge her belief.

▪ I was angry and embarrassed in equal measure and hated them.

▪ Neil Young commands fear and respect in equal measure.

let sth be/equal/represent sth

▪ Let c equal 6.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

▪ A pint is equal to about half a litre.

▪ Black protestors campaigned for equal rights throughout the 1960s.

▪ Choose two stones of roughly equal weight and size.

▪ Companies are being urged to do more to promote equal opportunities in the workplace.

▪ Democracy is based on the idea that all members of society are equal.

▪ Dilute the syrup with an equal volume of water, stir and serve with ice.

▪ Divide the dough into three equal parts.

▪ The alcohol in a pint of beer is equal to that in two glasses of wine.

▪ The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equal.

▪ The distance between A and B in the diagram is equal to the diameter of the circle, C.

▪ The Treaty of Rome states that men and women shall receive equal pay for equal work.

▪ We are equal partners in the business.

▪ When facing an opponent of equal strength, Barker's speed gives her a big advantage.

▪ You should spend an equal amount of time on each question in the test.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

▪ As this happens, the demand for money increases and eventually becomes equal to the money supply again.

▪ Evaluate the following portfolio using equal weights.

▪ I tended to treat people more as equals than I should have-equal time, equal help....

▪ In Western countries, parents are likely to want about equal numbers of sons and daughters.

▪ Initially, in the 1970s the distribution of female earnings had been much more equal than that of men.

▪ The light produced was equal to that from a medium sized candle.

▪ Two quantities can only be equal if they contain the same powers of space, time and mass.

II.verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

rate

▪ The two phases are in dynamic equilibrium when the rate of evaporation equals the rate of condensation.

▪ Steady state describes the condition in which the rate of drug elimination equals the rate of input into the body.

▪ That is, the rate of substitution equals the neutral mutation rate.

record

▪ Gavin Hastings topped Phil Bennett's overall for a Lions' scorer with his 18 points and equalled another record.

▪ In Lievin, she equalled the record in 7.69sec.

▪ University awards at Oxbridge in 1973 equalled the 1954 record, with five Scholarships and Exhibitions.

▪ In addition, I had equalled Peter Little's record with 21. 8 seconds.

▪ At that stage Canterbury had just equalled the old defence record of 25, set by Auckland in 1960-63.

sum

▪ The energy of two friends equals more than the sum of their individual parts.

▪ Using the double-entry accounting system, the sum of the debits must always equal the sum of the credits.

things

▪ So returns will be more stable on a share with a higher dividend yield, other things being equal.

▪ All things being equal, Casey and Carla Allender are.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

all (other) things being equal

▪ Both snail genes and fluke genes stand to gain from the snail's bodily survival, all other things being equal.

▪ But all things being equal, most movie makers would like their facts to be right.

▪ But all other things being equal, the gay and lesbian community has responded well to examples of perceived corporate goodwill.

▪ It shows the quantities of a product which will be demanded at various prices, all other things being equal.

▪ Significant improvements in clarity and stereo imaging are amongst the more obvious benefits of such parity, all other things being equal.

▪ The bright chestnut is considered the most characteristic colour and, all other things being equal, the one to be preferred.

first among equals

▪ But Aggie was first among equals.

▪ Cash is the first among equals.

▪ The prime minister was primus inter pares in the cabinet-the first among equals.