equivalent
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 →
2) (noun) An equivalent is something that equals or matches something else: "the French equivalent of 'hello' is 'bonjour'". tree →
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
- 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) tree →
- 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)) tree →
- One half is equivalent to two quarters. tree →
- Find three fractions equivalent to 3/4. tree →
- A kilogram is equivalent to 1,000 grams. tree →
- Ten dimes is the equivalent of one dollar. tree →
- The British equivalent of a "sidewalk" is a "pavement". tree →
- His smile was the equivalent of a thank-you. tree →
- 0.5, 1/2 and 50% are equivalent. tree →
- But one of the most important of their Oriental equivalents is perfectly intelligible. tree →
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
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