noun
Meaning 1
The fact of being equal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
The fact of being equal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The fact of being equal, of having the same value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: mathematics, sciences
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noun
The equal treatment of people irrespective of social or cultural differences.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: inequality
Broader terms: sameness
Narrower terms: equatability, equivalence, evenness, isometry, balance
noun
a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: equivalence, equation, par
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: status, position
Narrower terms: egality, egalite, tie
History
Borrowed from Middle French equalité (modern French égalité), from Latin aequālitās, aequālitātem. Doublet of equity. By surface analysis, equal + -ity
Across languages
180 source translations are retained for this English entry.