Equality
[ɪ'kwɒlɪtɪ;iː-] or [ɪ'kwɑləti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being the same in quantity or measure or value or status.
(noun.) a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; 'on a par with the best'.
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Definition
(n.) The condition or quality of being equal; agreement in quantity or degree as compared; likeness in bulk, value, rank, properties, etc.; as, the equality of two bodies in length or thickness; an equality of rights.
(n.) Sameness in state or continued course; evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of temper or constitution.
(n.) Evenness; uniformity; as, an equality of surface.
(n.) Exact agreement between two expressions or magnitudes with respect to quantity; -- denoted by the symbol =; thus, a = x signifies that a contains the same number and kind of units of measure that x does.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Likeness.[2]. Uniformity, evenness.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See EQUAL]
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Examples
- First, This equality can take place only in those employments which are well known, and have been long established in the neighbourhood. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The effect, then, of belief is to raise up a simple idea to an equality with our impressions, and bestow on it a like influence on the passions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- At these tables the _élite_ of the company were to be entertained, strict rules of equality not being more in fashion at Briarfield than elsewhere. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Liberty, equality, fraternity, or death;--the last, much the easiest to bestow, O Guillotine! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- In falling from different heights toward this commo n focus the particles cannot have such perfect equality of resistance that no la teral movements should be set up. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- This essential identity of mind means the essential equality of all and the possibility of bringing them all to the same level. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The very want of such equality might prevent his perception of it; but he must know that in fortune and consequence she was greatly his superior. Jane Austen. Emma.
- He is, of course, handsomely paid, and he associates almost on a footing of equality with the highest society. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is not by equality of merit that you can be won. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- How disentangle the passion for equality from the passion of cupidity, when begins the fight for equality of possessions? D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Equality of position and fortune is often advisable in such cases; and there are twenty years of difference in your ages. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The natural industry and ingenuity of her vast population will be released to co-operate upon terms of equality with the Western world. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- After whom I remember nothing but an average equality of failure. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- No; for such a tone--call it familiarity, levity, equality, or what you will--would imply those social interchanges which do not exist. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But as to putting them on any sort of equality with us, you know, as if we could be compared, why, it's impossible! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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