: having the same value, use, meaning, etc.
▪ Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices. ▪ I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university. ▪ an equivalent amount of money ▪ two words of equivalent meaning = two words that are equivalent in meaning — often + to ▪ 100 milligrams of calcium, which is equivalent to three glasses of milk ▪ Allowing him to leave prison now would be equivalent to [=would amount to, would be the same as] saying that his crime was not serious.
▪ Those less-known companies manufacture equivalent products at cheaper prices. ▪ I haven't taken English 202, but I took an equivalent course at another university. ▪ an equivalent amount of money ▪ two words of equivalent meaning = two words that are equivalent in meaning — often + to ▪ 100 milligrams of calcium, which is equivalent to three glasses of milk ▪ Allowing him to leave prison now would be equivalent to [=would amount to, would be the same as] saying that his crime was not serious.
— equiv·a·lent·ly adverb
▪ The two products are priced equivalently.
▪ The two products are priced equivalently.





