- present tense form of equate (3rd person singular).
equates
Example Sentences
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That equates to an estimate of nearly $20 million of new expenses for county taxpayers annually.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
That equates to more than $17,000 a year for daycare or more than $45,000 a year for a nanny.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 5, 2026
The number of incidents recorded at the forecourts in the sample equates to 2,872 daily incidents on average at forecourts across the UK in the months after war began, up from around 2,400.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
The outflows alone took a big bite, totaling $65.7 billion since the second quarter of 2022, which equates to 20% of the funds’ average assets since then.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
All of which brings us to the key point: the ancients, particularly in the classical period, had no notion that equates exactly with our modern conception of “science.”
From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro
