Definition of Equal

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Definition of Equal

Equal

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal quantities of land, water, etc. ; houses of equal size; persons of equal stature or talents; commodities of equal value.

Bearing a suitable relation; of just proportion; having competent power, abilities, or means; adequate; as, he is not equal to the task.

Not variable; equable; uniform; even; as, an equal movement.

Evenly balanced; not unduly inclining to either side; characterized by fairness; unbiased; impartial; equitable; just.

Of the same interest or concern; indifferent.

Intended for voices of one kind only, either all male or all female; -- opposed to mixed.

Exactly agreeing with respect to quantity.

One not inferior or superior to another; one having the same or a similar age, rank, station, office, talents, strength, or other quality or condition; an equal quantity or number; as, "If equals be taken from equals the remainders are equal."

State of being equal; equality.

To be or become equal to; to have the same quantity, the same value, the same degree or rank, or the like, with; to be commen/urate with.

To make equal return to; to recompense fully.

To make equal or equal to; to equalize; hence, to compare or regard as equals; to put on equality.

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Equal Quotations

We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Thomas Jefferson

Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.
Thomas Jefferson

All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
Thomas Jefferson

Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Abraham Lincoln

The assertion that "all men are created equal" was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.
Abraham Lincoln

Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.
Winston Churchill

The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of miseries.
Winston Churchill

Every adversity, every failure, every heartache carries with it the seed on an equal or greater benefit.
Napoleon Hill

Our necessities never equal our wants.
Benjamin Franklin

Man can never be a woman's equal in the spirit of selfless service with which nature has endowed her.
Mohandas Gandhi

Equal Translations

equal in Danish is lige
equal in Dutch is egaal, gelijk, eender, gelijkmatig
equal in German is angleichen, gleich, gleich
equal in Italian is pari
equal in Latin is parilis, equus, par, aequus
equal in Norwegian is jevnbyrdige, lik, jevnbyrdig, like
equal in Portuguese is igual
equal in Spanish is asimilar, igual

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