equivalent

In a sentence

Six example sentences with equivalent, each labelled with its topic.

• One long hill climb on the bike is roughly the equivalent of an hour of steady rowing for most beginners.

  Fitness

• If the recipe calls for buttermilk, the usual equivalent is a cup of milk with a spoonful of lemon juice.

  Cooking

• Ten thousand rupees in 1975 had no simple equivalent today, since rent, rice, and school fees all moved differently.

  Finance

• A steal in the final minute is the equivalent of a made basket, since it swings possession and the score together.

  Basketball

• A single modern phone is the equivalent of a room of 1970s computers, and it fits in a pocket.

  Technology

• For a farmer, a week of rain at harvest is the equivalent of a ten percent tax on the year's crop.

  Economics

Found in these word lists

Each source is a published word list that contains equivalent. No exam board publishes an official GRE, GMAT or SAT list; GMAT words come from GRE lists and the Academic Word List.

More Academic words

• maintained
• attach
• positively
• selection
• lecture
• undergo
• affect
• concentration
• capable
• briefly
• assigned
• benefit