Eric Dane

Some of the greatest actors on the planet are the most insecure people. Now I don't know if that insecurity necessarily equates to a lack of confidence. Some people are just very shy individuals. You give them a character to play and a script, and you put them in front of a camera or on a stage, and they just go.

American Actor

Jennifer Jason Leigh

People equate success with youth. And if you haven't had a certain amount of success by a certain time in your life, it's never going to happen. There's a fear about that. So people start lying about their age really young. I've never done that because I think it's so insignificant.

American Actress

Jacqueline Novogratz

I think we so often equate leadership with being experts - the leader is supposed to come in and fix things. But in this interconnected world we live in now, it's almost impossible for just one person to do that.

American Businesswoman

Tim Ferriss

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.

American Author

Gary Bauer

Independence doesn't - doesn't equate to moderates. Millions of independents are pro-life. Millions of independents believe marriage is between a man and a woman.

American Public Servant

Alex Ferguson

I feel sympathy for the working class lad. I've always championed about ticket prices and try to equate that to people's salaries.

Scottish Coach

Robert Winston

I don't believe the fertilised egg can be equated with the sort of human life that you and I represent, or our children represent.

British Scientist

Jill Scott

I've learned that friendship does not equate business, business does not equate friendship.

American Musician

Jennifer Saunders

I think people imagine that your fame somehow sort of equates with how much you get paid.

British Comedian

Jamie Dornan

Mass appreciation doesn't always equate to something good.

Irish Actor

Equate doesn't mean things are identical but highlights similarities or a metaphorical connection.

Not Always Literal

Learn common phrases like 'equate to' and 'equate with' to use the word in suitable contexts.

Common Collocations

In math, 'equate' means to set two expressions as equal, often in equations.

Mathematical Use

'Equate' involves making a balance or showing how one thing is equivalent to another.

Balance in Equivalency

Academics use 'equate' when discussing theories or concepts that are viewed similarly.

Academic Context

Remember, just because things are equated does not mean they are truly the same.

Critical Thinking

Realize that what is equated by some may not be universally agreed upon.

Subjective Perspectives

 enrichment now this last example is not edible if you're from a country where the stereotype is not edible you need to change the stereotype okay I wrote a show called bootleg Islam and in this show I tried to equate Iran with eggplants because Iran ian's don't give

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 this is the first time in the history of our community that the solar wind has been equated with mucus. OK, so the effect, then, is that Earth may have been protected for billions of years, because we've had a magnetic field. Atmosphere hasn't been able to escape.

What a planet needs to...

 Except, I'm not. Adding moving pictures over the music added narrative dimension, yes, but never quite equated the power that just raw music had for me on its own. This is not a great thing to realize when you've devoted your life

The birth of virtual...

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Filming Birds of...

 every single time. So this is evidence there's actually an evolutionary payoff to being extraordinarily slow. So it's possible that maybe we should not equate being slow with being unimportant.

The mysterious microbes...

 Talk should not be cheap. Number Don't equate your experience with theirs. It's not the same. It is never the same. All experiences are individual. And, more importantly, it is not about you.

The keys to a great...

 Now, some say number seven has been counted twice. I don't believe that. When the life stress inventory was built, back then, a long-term relationship pretty much equated to a marriage.

3 ways to build a happy...

 We swoon. We burn with passion. Love makes us crazy, and it makes us sick. Our hearts ache, and then they break. So our metaphors equate the experience of loving someone

A better way to talk...

 become the heart the Red Nosed originally was equated with a drunk over the generations of clowns and clowning the Red Nosed has become a symbol of of humanity it has

This Clown Philosopher...

 For the microscopic lab worm, C. elegans life equates to just a few short weeks on Earth.