Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To make equal.
- intransitive verb To make uniform.
- intransitive verb To constitute or induce equality, equilibrium, or balance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To be equal to; equal.
- To represent as equal; place on a level (with another).
- To make equal; cause to be equal in amount or degree as compared: as, to
equalize accounts; to equalize burdens or taxes. - Also spelled
equalise .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To make equal; to cause to correspond, or be like, in amount or degree as compared.
- transitive verb To pronounce equal; to compare as equal.
- transitive verb obsolete To be equal to; equal; to match.
- transitive verb (Railroad Mach.) a lever connecting two axle boxes, or two springs in a car truck or locomotive, to equalize the pressure on the axles.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb compensate; make the score equal
- verb make equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
Etymologies
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Examples
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Trying to "equalize" the blame from Republican to Democratic presidents, within the same state, will not obscure the damage down to Bush's legacy.
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They also called on the U.S. government to "equalize" the corporate tax — for example, lowering it to match other countries, in order to encourage companies to make their profits in the U.S.
Advice From the Top: 2010
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Despite the Austin case, however, the court has generally been skeptical of legislative efforts to "equalize" speech.
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When you artificially "equalize" anything, it just lowers the bar, resulting in poorer quality.
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Hmmm. The Clinton supporters want to try to "equalize" the slime on Obama but, the truth just doesn't bear this out.
Video: Tensions Finally Boil Over Between Hillary And Obama 2009
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Globalization, a scheme to 'equalize' worker wage levels worldwide, is in the process of driving western workers 'wages down to those of the poorest of countries.
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A 750 type swap refers to the failed initiative, HB/SB 750, where property taxes are lowered and income taxes are raised by a larger amount to enhance state revenue. 750 was supposed to "equalize" education funding among school districts.
A front group? 2005
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"injustice", "inequality", "equalize" - I just love the way the left twists of language to suit their political and social goals.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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"injustice", "inequality", "equalize" - I just love the way the left twists of language to suit their political and social goals.
pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator 2009
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In their attempts to "equalize" everything for everybody, they are pushing us into mediocrity.
Propeller Most Popular Stories scott4261 2010
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