Tra từ equivalent - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

equiva·lent AW [equivalent equivalents] adjective, noun BrE [ɪˈkwɪvələnt] NAmE [ɪˈkwɪvələnt]
adjective
equal in value, amount, meaning, importance, etc
•250 grams or an equivalent amount in ounces
•~ to sth Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
• The new regulation was seen as equivalent to censorship.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’, from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- ‘equally’ + valere ‘be worth’.

Thesaurus:
equivalent adj.
•Eight kilometres is roughly equivalent to five miles.
comparable • • corresponding • • matching • |formal analogous •
equivalent/comparable/corresponding/analogous to sth
equivalent/comparable in size, amount, etc.
an equivalent/a comparable size/amount/proportion

Thesaurus:
equivalent noun C
•This tradition has no equivalent in our culture.
parallel • • counterpart • |especially BrE, informal your opposite number •
a/an equivalent/parallel/counterpart to sb/sth
the/your American/Chinese, etc. equivalent/counterpart/opposite number
a modern/direct equivalent/parallel/counterpart
have a/an equivalent/parallel/counterpart/opposite number

Example Bank:
•the price we would pay elsewhere for a broadly equivalent house
•You'll need 250 grams or an equivalent amount in ounces.
Derived Word: ↑equivalence

noun
a thing, amount, word, etc. that is equivalent to sth else
• Send €20 or the equivalent in your own currency.
•~ of/to sth Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human equivalent of BSE
• Is there a French word that is the exact equivalent of the English word ‘home’?
•Breathing such polluted air is the equivalent of (= has the same effect as) smoking ten cigarettes a day.
•The German ‘Gymnasium’ is the closest equivalent to the grammar school in England.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (describing persons who were equal in power or rank): via Old French from late Latin aequivalent- ‘being of equal worth’, from the verb aequivalere, from aequi- ‘equally’ + valere ‘be worth’.

Example Bank:
•He's only paid the equivalent of $200.
•It is the approximate equivalent in height to the Matterhorn.
•The campaign says that hunters are the moral equivalent of murderers.
•The company has $43.8 million in cash and cash equivalents.
•There is no exact male equivalent for witches.
•These drawings are the visual equivalents of stage whispers.
•This concert hall has been described as the American equivalent to London's Albert Hall.
•This concert hall is the American equivalent to London's Albert Hall.
•This qualification is the equivalent of a degree.
•a word which has no direct equivalent in English
•each sponsor received the equivalent of £1millon worth of advertising.
•the modern equivalent of the Roman baths
•the nearest equivalent we have to a carnival
•the online equivalent of the telephone
•Send $20 or the equivalent in your own currency.
•The ‘Gymnasium’ is the closest equivalent to the grammar school in England.