adjective · academic
equivalent
/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/e·QUIV·a·lent
Band 7+task2speaking
having the same value, purpose, or effect as something else
Examples
“One US dollar is roughly equivalent to 0.9 euros in this example.”
“A master's degree is often considered equivalent to several years of professional experience.”
“There is no equivalent term in Vietnamese for that legal concept.”
Band 8 sentence
“The study treated home-based learning as equivalent to formal tuition when measuring academic progress.”
Collocations
- equivalent to
- roughly equivalent
Word family
equivalent adjective / nounequivalence noun
Common mistakes
equivalent with→equivalent to
equivalent of→equivalent to
Say it for a higher band
5the same as→6similar to→7+equivalent
Synonyms
comparable
Easily confused
comparable
“The two methods are comparable in cost but not equivalent in accuracy.”
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