🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

동일시하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: dong-ilsihada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Equate/ɪˈkweɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4200 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"성공을 부와 동일시해서는 안 된다."

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To consider one thing to be the same as or equivalent to another.

    "It is a mistake to equate wealth with happiness."
  2. 2

    To cause to be equal or equivalent.

    "The new policy aims to equate taxes across all regions."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin word 'aequare', meaning 'to make level or equal', which comes from 'aequus' (equal). It entered English in the late 16th century via the Medieval Latin 'equat-', maintaining its core mathematical and conceptual sense of establishing equivalence.

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