- present tense form of equate (3rd person singular).
equates
Example Sentences
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Professional success no longer equates to upward mobility for many workers, especially when it shifts focus away from their families and personal pursuits like travel, continuing education and wellness.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
That equates to an estimate of nearly $20 million of new expenses for county taxpayers annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
The number of incidents recorded at the forecourts in the sample equates to 2,872 daily incidents on average at forecourts across the UK in the months after war began, up from around 2,400.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
To qualify, they merely need to earn enough work credits over their lifetime — typically 40 credits, which equates to around 10 years of work.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 28, 2026
Michael Frayn, in an afterword to his play Copenhagen, notes that several words in German–Unsicherheit, Unschärfe, Unbestimmtheit–have been used by various translators, but that none quite equates to the English uncertainty.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
