equalise

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A form of equalize — To make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.

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equalizeget evenequalmatchequatetouchrival
OriginEnglish equal ← Middle English equal ← Latin aequālis →
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Meanings

verbequalise (third-person singular simple present equalises, present participle equalising, simple past and past participle equalised)

present singular third person equalises · participle present equalising · participle past equalised · past equalised

  1. BritishEnglishNon OxfordstandardNon-Oxford British English standard form of equalize.

    The introduction of substitute Andy Carroll sparked Liverpool into life and he pulled a goal back just after the hour - and thought he had equalised as Kenny Dalglish's side laid siege to Chelsea's goal in the closing stages.

    2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 07 May 2021

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcompensate; make the score equal

Similar
equalizeget even
Broader
scoretallyrack up

verbmake equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching

Similar
equalmatchequalizeequatetouchrival
Broader
changealtermodify
Also see
equalequalizeequateget evenmatch

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
  2. Old Latinaiquos
  3. Latinaequus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Latinaequālis
  7. Middle Englishequal
  8. Englishequal
  9. Englishequalise

From equal + -ise.

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Cite this entry
APA

equalise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equalise

MLA

“equalise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equalise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “equalise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equalise.

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