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# equivalent

«equivalent» in Mova's school dictionary: **equal in value, amount, meaning or importance: "1/2 is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (equivalent); noun (an equivalent, equivalents)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Equivalent means equal in value, amount, meaning or importance: "1/2 is equivalent to 2/4". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#m1)

2) (noun) An equivalent is something that equals or matches something else: "the French equivalent of 'hello' is 'bonjour'". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In school maths, equivalent fractions name the same amount (1/2 = 2/4 = 50/100); equivalent measures are the same amount in different units (1 metre = 100 centimetres); equivalent expressions give the same value. In everyday life, money in one country has an equivalent in another currency. Phrases: equivalent to, equivalent fractions, the equivalent of.

### examples

- One half is equivalent to two quarters. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x1)
- Find three fractions equivalent to 3/4. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x2)
- A kilogram is equivalent to 1,000 grams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x3)
- Ten dimes is the equivalent of one dollar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x4)
- The British equivalent of a "sidewalk" is a "pavement". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x5)
- His smile was the equivalent of a thank-you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x6)
- 0.5, 1/2 and 50% are equivalent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x7)
- But one of the most important of their Oriental equivalents is perfectly intelligible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/#x8)

### note

Followed by "to": "equivalent to". In maths, equivalent means the same value, even if the numbers look different: multiply or divide top and bottom of a fraction by the same number to get an equivalent fraction. Noun: equivalence.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «equivalent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/equivalent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.