📖 E — The English dictionary · page 24

equerry — Everyday, meaning 1: An officer who looks after the horses of a king, queen or prince and rides beside them on journeys.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (old use) A royal attendant who helps a princess or lady of high rank.↗ Example: The king's equerry held the prince's horse.↗ · The princess's equerries bowed low as she passed.↗ · An equerry must always be ready to ride at once.↗

equilibrium — Everyday, meaning 1: Equilibrium is a state of balance in which opposite forces or amounts are equal, so nothing changes.↗ e.g. "the scales are in equilibrium".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Equilibrium is a calm, steady state of mind.↗ e.g. "she lost her equilibrium".↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (science) In chemistry and nature, equilibrium is when changes in two directions happen at the same rate.↗ Example: The see-saw is in equilibrium when both children weigh the same.↗ · The forces on the book on the table are in equilibrium.↗ · Add 3 to both sides to keep the equation in equilibrium.↗ · After the shock, it took him a while to regain his equilibrium.↗ · A tightrope walker must keep her equilibrium.↗ · The water in the two tanks reached equilibrium.↗ · The importance of equilibrium is constantly reiterated in the Kabalah.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · There are seven of which three are against three, and one places them in equilibrium.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · In one scale is the merit and in the other criminaHty, which are placed in equilibrium by the tongue.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

equine — Everyday, meaning 1: Equine means to do with horses or like a horse: «equine vet», «equine flu».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (rare noun) An equine is a horse or an animal of the horse family, such as a donkey or zebra.↗ Example: She wants to be an equine vet when she grows up.↗ · The riding school is also an equine rescue centre.↗ · Equine flu stopped the horse races for a week.↗ · Zebras and donkeys are equine animals.↗ · The farm offers equine therapy for children.↗ · The statue had a proud equine head.↗ · The supernatural steed which Katoma tamed belongs to an equine race which often figures in the Skazkas.↗

equinox — Everyday, meaning 1: One of the two times each year when day and night are about the same length all over the Earth, in spring and in autumn.↗ Example: At the equinox, day and night are each about 12 hours long.↗ · There are two equinoxes every year.↗ · After the spring equinox, the days get longer than the nights.↗ · When it is the spring equinox in Canada, it is the autumn equinox in Australia.↗ · Ancient people built stones that line up with the sun at the equinox.↗ · We measured our shadows at the equinox.↗

equipage — Everyday, meaning 1: (old use) A carriage with its horses and servants, all together.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The fine style of dress and attendants that goes with a rich person going out.↗ Example: Handsome equipages drove up to the palace.↗ · He came to the ball in a splendid equipage.↗ · She rode out in a golden equipage with four white horses.↗

equipment — Everyday, meaning 1: The tools, machines, clothes and other things you need for a particular job, sport or activity.↗ Example: Please put the PE equipment back in the cupboard.↗ · We need equipment like goggles and gloves for this experiment.↗ · A helmet is important safety equipment for cycling.↗ · The hospital has lots of special equipment.↗ · Camping equipment can be heavy to carry.↗ · Each group got a piece of equipment to measure with.↗ · Check the equipment before you start.↗ · The diving equipment included a mask and flippers.↗ · Fionn and the champions looked on this gentleman, and they admired exceedingly his bearing and equipment.↗

equipoise — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: A state of balance, where weights or forces are equal.↗ Example: To confirm this there are faithful witnesses; the world, year and man, the twelve, the Equipoise, the heptade, which God regulates like the Dragon, [40] (Tali) sphere and the heart.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · 41) Our author means to say that the water has a great disposition to unite itself with the caloric, thus for instance is the fire latent in steam, but the air equipoises them.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗

equipped — Everyday, meaning 1: Equipped means having the tools, machines or things you need for a job or activity.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Equipped (to do something) can also mean having the skills or knowledge you need.↗ Example: The lab is equipped with microscopes.↗ · Come to school equipped with a pen and a ruler.↗ · The climbers were well equipped for the snow.↗ · Our new hall is equipped for drama shows.↗ · After the course she felt equipped to help in an emergency.↗ · The ambulance is equipped with oxygen.↗ · On the second day Iron Hans equipped him as a white knight, and gave him a white horse.↗

equity — Everyday, meaning 1: Equity is fairness: treating people so each has what they need for a fair chance, not just exactly the same.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) Equity in a house is the part of its value that the owner truly owns — the price minus what is still owed on the mortgage.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (money) Equities are shares in companies.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (law, UK) Equity is a part of the law that lets judges act fairly where strict rules would be unjust.↗ Example: Equity means giving each pupil the help they need.↗ · The taller boxes for shorter children showed equity, not just equality.↗ · As they pay the mortgage, Mum and Dad's equity grows.↗ · Negative equity means the house is worth less than the loan.↗ · Grandpa invests in equities.↗ · The judge used equity to reach a fair decision.↗ · And after his father died he ascended the throne, and ruled the kingdom with righteousness and equity.↗ · Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?↗ (Writings PSA.58.2, JPS 1917)↗ · To receive the discipline of wisdom, justice, and right, and equity; (Writings PRO.1.3, JPS 1917)↗ · 'When I take the appointed time, I Myself will judge with equity.↗ (Writings PSA.75.3, JPS 1917)↗

equivalent — Everyday, meaning 1: Equivalent means equal in value, amount, meaning or importance.↗ e.g. "1/2 is equivalent to 2/4".↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (noun) An equivalent is something that equals or matches something else.↗ e.g. "the French equivalent of 'hello' is 'bonjour'".↗ Example: One half is equivalent to two quarters.↗ · Find three fractions equivalent to 3/4.↗ · A kilogram is equivalent to 1,000 grams.↗ · Ten dimes is the equivalent of one dollar.↗ · The British equivalent of a "sidewalk" is a "pavement".↗ · His smile was the equivalent of a thank-you.↗ · 0.5, 1/2 and 50% are equivalent.↗ · But one of the most important of their Oriental equivalents is perfectly intelligible.↗ · Three mothers, Alef-Mem-Shin—In the Person [note 1: There is no satisfactory English equivalent of Hebrew נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, translated reluctantly as ‘person’.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗ · Since "words" is the equivalent of "things" the Pythagoreans said that all things (i.e. words) had their origin and composition in numbers.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

equivocation — Everyday, meaning 1: Using unclear words or answers on purpose so you do not have to give a straight answer or tell the full truth.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (logic) A mistake in an argument where one word is used with two different meanings.↗ Example: The minister's answer was pure equivocation.↗ · «Did you eat the cake?»↗ «Well, cakes get eaten...»↗ That is equivocation.↗ · Please answer without equivocation: yes or no?↗ · The argument fails because of equivocation on the word «bank».↗ · His equivocation made us think he was hiding something.↗ · Spot the equivocation in the riddle.↗

er — Everyday, meaning 1: «Er» is a sound people make when they are not sure what to say or are thinking, like «um»: «It's, er, somewhere here.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (US, abbreviation) ER stands for «emergency room», the part of a hospital that treats urgent injuries and illness (UK: A&E).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (UK, abbreviation) ER stands for «Elizabeth Regina», Latin for Queen Elizabeth, seen on postboxes.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: «-er» is also a suffix that makes a person who does something (teacher) or a comparative (bigger).↗ Everyday, meaning 5: In old or country speech, 'er' is written for 'are', as in 'you er mine'.↗ Example: «Er, I think I forgot my homework,» said Sam.↗ · He said «er» a lot because he was nervous.↗ · «Where's my phone?»↗ «Er…↗ I haven't seen it.»↗ · Try not to say «er» between every sentence in your talk.↗ · The doctor in the ER fixed his broken arm.↗ · The old postbox had «ER» on it.↗ · The suffix -er turns «fast» into «faster».↗ · Add -er to «paint» to make «painter».↗ · Sho ez you er settin' dar.↗ · And she conceived, and bore a son; and he called his name Er.↗ (Torah GEN.38.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And Judah took a wife for Er his first-born, and her name was Tamar.↗ (Torah GEN.38.6, JPS 1917)↗ · And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and the LORD slew him.↗ (Torah GEN.38.7, JPS 1917)↗ · And Er, Judah's first-born, was wicked in the sight of the LORD; and He slew him.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Bath-shua the Canaanitess.↗ (Writings 1CH.2.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; (Writings 1CH.4.21, JPS 1917)↗

era — Everyday, meaning 1: An era is a long period of history with special features or events, like the Victorian era.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science) In geology, an era is a very long period of Earth's history, like the Mesozoic Era when dinosaurs lived.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An era is any period marked by something new, as in «the era of smartphones».↗ Example: Queen Victoria gave her name to the Victorian era.↗ · Dinosaurs lived in the Mesozoic Era.↗ · The internet started a new era.↗ · When our head teacher retired, it was the end of an era.↗ · Steam trains were common in that era.↗ · A new era seemed to have arisen in the poor studio.↗ · Hence this book was known already in the second or at the beginning of the third century of the Christian Era.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)↗ · We are, however, now certain that in Babylon, many centuries before the Christian Era. a sexagesimal position was known.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Some of them believe it to be a production of the first or the second century R. 0. ; others place it in the Geonic period, ranging from the seventh to the ninth centuries of the Christian Era.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

eradicate — Everyday, meaning 1: To eradicate something bad means to get rid of it completely, so that it no longer exists.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science, health) To eradicate a disease means to destroy it everywhere in the world.↗ Example: Smallpox has been eradicated.↗ · Doctors hope to eradicate polio soon.↗ · The island eradicated all its rats to save the birds.↗ · We want to eradicate bullying from our school.↗ · It is hard to eradicate weeds completely.↗ · Charities work to eradicate poverty and hunger.↗

erase — Everyday, meaning 1: To rub out writing or marks, for example with a rubber or an eraser.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To delete something completely, such as a file, message or recording.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To remove a memory or feeling so it is forgotten or gone.↗ Example: Erase the wrong answer and try again.↗ · The teacher erased the board at the end of the lesson.↗ · Don't erase the photos before you save them.↗ · I erased my mistake neatly.↗ · The rain erased the chalk drawings on the playground.↗ · She wished she could erase that embarrassing moment.↗ · Press this button to erase the recording.↗ · Write in pencil so you can erase it.↗ · The person created had a knife in his hand, and was erasing the letter Aleph of the word Emet.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Then the one whom they had created said to them: 'God created Adam, and when He wanted to put him to death, he erased a letter fro7n the wind p]met and it became Met (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗

eraser — Everyday, meaning 1: A small piece of rubber or plastic used to remove pencil marks.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A pad used to wipe a chalkboard or whiteboard clean.↗ Example: Can I borrow your eraser?↗ I made a mistake.↗ · My pencil has an eraser on the end.↗ · The teacher cleaned the whiteboard with the eraser.↗ · Erasers cost 50 cents each; 4 erasers cost $2.↗ · Rub gently with the eraser so you don't tear the paper.↗ · I lost my eraser again!↗

ere — Early Modern English, meaning 1: before; earlier than a certain time.↗ Example: And the midwives said unto Pharaoh: 'Because the Hebrew women are not as the Egyptian women; for they are lively, and are delivered ere the midwife come unto them.'↗ (Torah EXO.1.19, JPS 1917) · Ere long the dwarfs came trooping out till all were assembled.↗ (The Green Fairy Book) · While the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the anger of the LORD was kindled against the people, and the LORD smote the people with a very great plague.↗ (Torah NUM.11.33, JPS 1917)

erect — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) To erect something is to build it or put it up, like a tent, a fence or a statue.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Erect means standing straight up, upright.↗ Example: Workers erected a new fence around the field.↗ · We erected our tent before dark.↗ · A statue was erected in the park.↗ · The soldier stood erect.↗ · The dog's ears were erect when it heard a noise.↗ · The council will erect a sign near the school.↗ · Hold your back erect when you sit.↗ · The scaffolding was erected in one day.↗ · A monument was also erected over his grave.↗ · And he erected there an altar, and called it El-elohe-Israel.↗ (Torah GEN.33.20, JPS 1917)↗