Meanings
present singular third person equalizes · participle present equalizing · participle past equalized · past equalized · alternative equalise · alternative æqualize
- transitiveTo make equal; to cause to correspond in amount or degree.
to equalize accounts, burdens, or taxes
2 more examples
One poor moment can suffice / To equalize the lofty and the low.
1815, William Wordsworth, Epitaph 3No system of instruction will completely equalize natural powers.
1828, Richard Whately, Elements of Rhetoric - obsoletetransitiveTo be equal to; to equal, to rival.First known use 16th–19th c.
polling the reformed churches whether they equalize in number those of his three kingdoms
1649, J[ohn] Milton, ΕΙΚΟΝΟΚΛΆΣΤΗΣ [Eikonoklástēs] […], London: […] Matthew Simmons, […], →OCLC1 more example
But a third kingdom yet is to arise / Out of the Trojans scattered ofspring, / That in all glory and great enterprise, / Both first and second Troy shall dare to equalise.
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC - divingTo clear the ears to balance the pressure in the middle ear with the outside pressure by letting air enter along the Eustachian tubes.
- category theoryto precompose with each of a parallel pair of morphisms so as to yield the same composite morphism.
- computingTo adjust the balance between frequency components within an electronic signal.
The technique for frequency slewing of a transient is different from that for vibration testing in that it is necessary to equalize at low level as the clock frequency is slewed in relatively small increments from the nominal to the desired frequency.
1987, The Shock and Vibration Bulletin - Volume 57, Parts 1-4, page 35
Synonyms & antonyms
verbmake equal, uniform, corresponding, or matching
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*aikʷos?
- Old Latinaiquos
- Latinaequus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinaequālis
- Middle Englishequal
- Englishequal
- Englishequalize
Translations
Bulgarian изравнявам, изравнявам
- изравнявам (izravnjavam)to make equal
- изравнявам (izravnjavam)to make the score equal
- изравнявам (izravnjavam)to clear the ears
Catalan igualar
- igualarto make equal
Chinese Mandarin 均等化, 等化
- 均等化 (jūnděnghuà)to make the score equal
- 等化 (děnghuà)to make the score equal
- 平等化 (píngděnghuà)to make the score equal
Finnish tasata, tasapuolistaa
- tasatato make equal
- tasapuolistaato make equal
- tasa-arvoistaato make equal
- tasoittaato make the score equal
- yhtäläistääto make the score equal
- yhdenmukaistaato make the score equal
- tasapäistääto make the score equal
French égaliser, égaliser
- égaliserto make equal
- égaliserto make the score equal
German ausgleichen, ausgleichen
- ausgleichento make equal
- ausgleichento make the score equal
- den Druck im Ohr ausgleichento clear the ears
Greek εξισώνω
- εξισώνω (exisóno)to make equal
Hebrew השווה
- השווה (hishvá)to make the score equal
Hungarian kiegyenlít, egyensúlyba hoz
- kiegyenlítto make equal
- egyensúlyba hozto make equal
- egalizálto make equal
- egyenlítto make the score equal
- kiegyenlítto make the score equal
Italian uguagliare, uguagliare
- uguagliareto make equal
- uguagliareto make the score equal
- compensareto clear the ears
Japanese 平等にする
- 平等にする (byōdō ni suru)to make the score equal
Latin aequō
- aequōto make equal
Māori whakaōrite, hōrite
- whakaōriteto make equal
- hōriteto make equal
- whakatauriteto make equal
Portuguese igualar, igualar
- igualarto make equal
- igualarto make the score equal
Russian ура́внивать, уравня́ть
- ура́внивать (urávnivatʹ)to make equal
- уравня́ть (uravnjátʹ)to make equal
- выра́внивать (vyrávnivatʹ)to make equal
- вы́ровнять (výrovnjatʹ)to make equal
- выра́внивать (vyrávnivatʹ)to make the score equal
- вы́ровнять (výrovnjatʹ)to make the score equal
Spanish igualar, empatar
- igualarto make equal
- empatarto make the score equal
- igualarto make the score equal
Ukrainian зрівнювати, зрівняти
- зрівнювати (zrivnjuvaty)to make equal
- зрівняти (zrivnjaty)to make equal
- вирі́внювати (vyrívnjuvaty)to make equal
- ви́рівняти (výrivnjaty)to make equal
Cite this entry
equalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/equalize
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