Equalize
/ˈiːkwəlaɪz/verb
To make equal or balanced.
She worked two jobs to equalize her income with her expenses.
Often appears as...
- equalize the score
- equalize the balance
verb
In sports, to get the same score as the other team.
They managed to equalize in the last minutes of the game.
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- equalize the score
- equalize in the game
verb
To compensate or adjust so things are balanced or fair.
The government implemented new policies to equalize opportunities for all.
Often appears as...
- equalize opportunities
- equalize the load
Usage tips
Academic,Technical
verb
To make uniform in application or effect.
In audio processing, equalizers are used to equalize the sound frequencies.
Often appears as...
- equalize frequencies
- equalize sound
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To make equal or balanced.
She worked two jobs to equalize her income with her expenses.
Often appears as...
- equalize the score
- equalize the balance
verb
In sports, to get the same score as the other team.
They managed to equalize in the last minutes of the game.
Often appears as...
- equalize the score
- equalize in the game
verb
To compensate or adjust so things are balanced or fair.
The government implemented new policies to equalize opportunities for all.
Often appears as...
- equalize opportunities
- equalize the load
Usage tips
Academic,Technical
verb
To make uniform in application or effect.
In audio processing, equalizers are used to equalize the sound frequencies.
Often appears as...
- equalize frequencies
- equalize sound
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Equal Effort
Used when efforts are made to balance work, responsibilities, or any areas of life.
They plan to equalize the workload between team members.
Pro Tip 2/2Non-mathematical
The concept is broader than just numbers; it's about achieving a state of balance.
His new tool aims to equalize access to information.
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adjustbalanceequateeven outlevelmatchregularizestandardize
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How to create meaningful...
this moment together and not pretend that it this isn't strange is also helpful so for example questions that team leaders and people hosting calls should think about is do you purposely want to have people actually just have a white background in the back as a relative equaliser or do you want to purposely invite people to put the
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Why we make bad...
is to get people to imagine the future more vividly. One of the problems with making decisions about the far future and the near future is that we imagine the near future much more vividly than the far future. To the extent that you can equalize the amount of detail that people put into the mental representations
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Robert Thurman:...
just in the meditation -- and we open our mind to those we don't know. And we definitely reduce the hostility and the "I don't want to be compassionate to them" to the ones we think of as the bad guys, the ones we hate and we don't like. And we don't hate anyone, therefore. So we equalize. That's very important.
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Selling Survival:...
make sense yeah but I just wish we were using a fake time with the right size knife proper grip and technique a smaller person can equalize the gap between themselves and a larger assailant don't like actually stab me well we'll see what happens right now if you're smart you'll kind of like lock
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Edward Burtynsky:...
and so I don't think we can equalize it. So ultimately the strategy, I think, here is that we have to be very concerned about their evolution, because it is going to be connected to our evolution as well. So part of my thinking, and part of my wishes, is sitting with these thoughts in mind,
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Thoughts on humanity,...
things started to look a little different. I met people who had descended from all over the world, faces, races, genders, money-lenders. Definitions became more and more fluid. Work began to define you at that time in an overwhelmingly equalizing manner,
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Food Security in an...
be that the low sodium versions or the the lower sugar versions are the lower fat versions tend to be more expensive than they stand and we're doing a lot of work to try and equalize so the choice that people make is based on the choice
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Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An...
but getting to a world where women and men are equal is not just a matter of bringing men to the cause. We want concrete, systematic, structural change that can equalize the political, economic and social realities for women and men.
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New CGI of How Titanic...
Murdoch ports around the iceberg try to keep from hitting the propellers that looks pretty good okay so now we're watching an accelerated time we see the first five compartments blood they equalize pretty quickly bow is pulled down
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Super Suction PIPE National...
vacuum cleaners five hoses all inserted in the top suction in standard vacuum cleaners works by reducing air pressure of the hose entrance this causes the surrounding air to push in attempting to equalize the pressure the box I've
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How to create meaningful...
this moment together and not pretend that it this isn't strange is also helpful so for example questions that team leaders and people hosting calls should think about is do you purposely want to have people actually just have a white background in the back as a relative equaliser or do you want to purposely invite people to put the
Video examples
Why we make bad...
is to get people to imagine the future more vividly. One of the problems with making decisions about the far future and the near future is that we imagine the near future much more vividly than the far future. To the extent that you can equalize the amount of detail that people put into the mental representations
Video examples
Robert Thurman:...
just in the meditation -- and we open our mind to those we don't know. And we definitely reduce the hostility and the "I don't want to be compassionate to them" to the ones we think of as the bad guys, the ones we hate and we don't like. And we don't hate anyone, therefore. So we equalize. That's very important.
Video examples
Selling Survival:...
make sense yeah but I just wish we were using a fake time with the right size knife proper grip and technique a smaller person can equalize the gap between themselves and a larger assailant don't like actually stab me well we'll see what happens right now if you're smart you'll kind of like lock
Video examples
Edward Burtynsky:...
and so I don't think we can equalize it. So ultimately the strategy, I think, here is that we have to be very concerned about their evolution, because it is going to be connected to our evolution as well. So part of my thinking, and part of my wishes, is sitting with these thoughts in mind,
Video examples
Thoughts on humanity,...
things started to look a little different. I met people who had descended from all over the world, faces, races, genders, money-lenders. Definitions became more and more fluid. Work began to define you at that time in an overwhelmingly equalizing manner,
Video examples
Food Security in an...
be that the low sodium versions or the the lower sugar versions are the lower fat versions tend to be more expensive than they stand and we're doing a lot of work to try and equalize so the choice that people make is based on the choice
Video examples
Elizabeth Nyamayaro: An...
but getting to a world where women and men are equal is not just a matter of bringing men to the cause. We want concrete, systematic, structural change that can equalize the political, economic and social realities for women and men.
Video examples
New CGI of How Titanic...
Murdoch ports around the iceberg try to keep from hitting the propellers that looks pretty good okay so now we're watching an accelerated time we see the first five compartments blood they equalize pretty quickly bow is pulled down
Video examples
Super Suction PIPE National...
vacuum cleaners five hoses all inserted in the top suction in standard vacuum cleaners works by reducing air pressure of the hose entrance this causes the surrounding air to push in attempting to equalize the pressure the box I've
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Gurinder Chadha
English Director
I use humour a lot because humour is a great equaliser. Everyone laughs at the same things if you set them up properly, and that makes everybody equal. At the end of the day, I see my job as being there to entertain as well as inform and provoke.
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Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody... as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.
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Dan Colen
American Artist
A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
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Skip Bayless
American Journalist
Mayweather has boxing genius. But it takes one to know one, and he knew right away Pacquiao also has rare boxing IQ - an equalizing gift for setting up and taking down an opponent.
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Erin Gruwell
American Writer
I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!
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Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
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Genndy Tartakovsky
Russian Director
The computer tends to equalize everything, all the movies are slowly blending together, the way they look.
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Ari Graynor
American Actress
I started acting because it was essentially the way I needed to survive and equalize my inner life.
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Kenneth Fisher
American Businessman
Over rolling long periods, U.S. and non-U.S. stocks tend to equalize.
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Luc de Clapiers
French Writer
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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Gurinder Chadha
English Director
I use humour a lot because humour is a great equaliser. Everyone laughs at the same things if you set them up properly, and that makes everybody equal. At the end of the day, I see my job as being there to entertain as well as inform and provoke.
Quote examples
Annie Lennox
Scottish Musician
Motherhood was the great equaliser for me; I started to identify with everybody... as a mother, you have that impulse to wish that no child should ever be hurt, or abused, or go hungry, or not have opportunities in life.
Quote examples
Dan Colen
American Artist
A lot of my work is about equalizing things and kind of destroying any barrier between what's high and low, or what's deep or what's shallow, complex or simple. I hope I'm ever-changing.
Quote examples
Skip Bayless
American Journalist
Mayweather has boxing genius. But it takes one to know one, and he knew right away Pacquiao also has rare boxing IQ - an equalizing gift for setting up and taking down an opponent.
Quote examples
Erin Gruwell
American Writer
I believe that education is the greatest equalizer; thus, I will continue to fight to equalize the playing field in an educational atmosphere that is not always level!
Quote examples
Aristotle
Greek Philosopher
The beginning of reform is not so much to equalize property as to train the noble sort of natures not to desire more, and to prevent the lower from getting more.
Quote examples
Genndy Tartakovsky
Russian Director
The computer tends to equalize everything, all the movies are slowly blending together, the way they look.
Quote examples
Ari Graynor
American Actress
I started acting because it was essentially the way I needed to survive and equalize my inner life.
Quote examples
Kenneth Fisher
American Businessman
Over rolling long periods, U.S. and non-U.S. stocks tend to equalize.
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Luc de Clapiers
French Writer
The law cannot equalize mankind in spite of nature.
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